Article
Assessment of a subset of Slowly Mutating Y-STRs for forensic and evolutionary studies.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 May 2018
Baeta Miriam, Núñez Carolina, Villaescusa Patricia, Ortueta Urko, Ibarbia Nerea, Herrera Rene J, Blazquez-Caeiro José Luis, Builes Juan José, Jiménez-Moreno Susana, Martínez-Jarreta Begoña, de Pancorbo Marian M
Abstract excerpt
Y-specific short tandem repeat (Y-STR) loci display different mutation rates and consequently are suitable for forensic, genealogical, and evolutionary studies that require different levels of timelines and resolution. Recent efforts have focused on implementing Rapidly Mutating (RM) Y-STRs to assess male specific profiles. However, due to their high mutation rate their use in kinship testing or in phylogenetic...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- Evolution, Molecular
- Forensic Genetics
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Mutation Rate