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An investigation of admixture in an Australian Aboriginal Y-chromosome STR database.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Taylor Duncan, Nagle Nano, Ballantyne Kaye N, van Oorschot Roland A H, Wilcox Stephen, Henry Julianne, Turakulov Rust, Mitchell R John
Abstract excerpt
Y-chromosome specific STR profiling is increasingly used in forensic casework. However, the strong geographic clustering of Y haplogroups can lead to large differences in Y-STR haplotype frequencies between different ethnicities, which may have an impact on database composition in admixed populations. Aboriginal people have inhabited Australia for over 40,000 years and until ∼300 years ago they lived in almost...
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