TY - JOUR
T1 - Y-chromosome polymorphisms in the United Arab Emirates population
AU - Alhammadi, Safa
AU - Alghafri, Rashed
AU - Almarzoqi, Ahmed
AU - Khajah, Abdulmajeed
AU - Alhosani, Ibrahim
AU - Amiri, Khaled
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was highly supported by Ministry of Interior , Abu Dhabi Police General Head Quarter , Forensic evidence department and National DNA Database Centre . Therefore we would like to express the deepest appreciation for supporting this project. Moreover, we would like to acknowledge Dr. Taoufik Ksiksi, Dr. Sofyan Alyan, Mr. Thomas Ives, Mr. Noushad Karuvantevida, Ms. Huda Shaheen and Mr. Ahmed Adnan for their valuable help in collecting samples.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Y chromosome short tandem repeats (Y-STR) has been widely used in forensic DNA profiling and lineages analysis. The aim of this study is to establish a database of an extensive Y-STR profiles of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population and to investigate the distribution of 17 Y-STR loci. Samples of 345 Emirati males using 17 Y-STR loci included in the AmpFLSTR® Y-filer® PCR Amplification kit (Life Technologies) (DYS456, DYS3891, DYS390, DYS389II, DYS458, DYS19, DYS385a/b, DYS393, DYS391, DYS439, DYS635, DYS392, GATA-H4, DYS437, DYS438 and DYS448). Statistical analysis of allele frequency, haplotype diversity and discrimination capacity were performed for the samples using Arlequin software version 3.5 A total of 301 unique haplotypes were identified, 271 haplotypes were found to be unique and 22 haplotypes were shared between two individuals. In addition, there were four different haplotypes shared between more than two individuals. The haplotype diversity (HD) was found to be equal to 0.99885. The highest gene diversity was estimated to be 0.94142 for DYS385a/b whereas the lowest was estimated to be 0.4369 for DYS392. The discrimination capacity (DC) was calculated to be 90.03%
AB - Y chromosome short tandem repeats (Y-STR) has been widely used in forensic DNA profiling and lineages analysis. The aim of this study is to establish a database of an extensive Y-STR profiles of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population and to investigate the distribution of 17 Y-STR loci. Samples of 345 Emirati males using 17 Y-STR loci included in the AmpFLSTR® Y-filer® PCR Amplification kit (Life Technologies) (DYS456, DYS3891, DYS390, DYS389II, DYS458, DYS19, DYS385a/b, DYS393, DYS391, DYS439, DYS635, DYS392, GATA-H4, DYS437, DYS438 and DYS448). Statistical analysis of allele frequency, haplotype diversity and discrimination capacity were performed for the samples using Arlequin software version 3.5 A total of 301 unique haplotypes were identified, 271 haplotypes were found to be unique and 22 haplotypes were shared between two individuals. In addition, there were four different haplotypes shared between more than two individuals. The haplotype diversity (HD) was found to be equal to 0.99885. The highest gene diversity was estimated to be 0.94142 for DYS385a/b whereas the lowest was estimated to be 0.4369 for DYS392. The discrimination capacity (DC) was calculated to be 90.03%
KW - Haplotype
KW - Short tandem repeats (STR's)
KW - UAE
KW - Y chromosome polymorphism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.163
DO - 10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.163
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029738697
SN - 1875-1768
VL - 6
SP - e397-e398
JO - Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
JF - Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
ER -