Short tandem repeats on the Y chromosome(Y-STRs),characterized by paternal inheritance,are valuable in forensic practice.Notably,the potential application of Y-STRs in pedigrees should be drawn upon,especially in Chin...Short tandem repeats on the Y chromosome(Y-STRs),characterized by paternal inheritance,are valuable in forensic practice.Notably,the potential application of Y-STRs in pedigrees should be drawn upon,especially in China’s surname-concentrated natural villages.The study focused on 50 Y-STRs,including 13 rapidly mutating(RM)Y-STRs that largely constitute the current Y-STR commercial kits,and determined the differences in these Y-STRs between branches in a large pedigree and the discriminatory power of these haplotypes in different units for male relatives.As indicated in the results,14 inconsistencies were observed at 9 Y-STRs between 10 father-son pairs.In addition,these 50 Y-STR haplotypes discriminated 10 out of 47 father-son pairs,106 of 148 cousin pairs,70 of 119 uncle-nephew pairs,17 of 39 brother pairs,and 14 out of 33 grandfather-grandson pairs in a large pedigree.The RM Y-STR set is able to differentiate close male relatives in a large pedigree.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 81401557]This study was funded by ICH-GCP Standardization Construction and Innovation of GCP System[grant number 2018ZX09201018-020].
文摘Short tandem repeats on the Y chromosome(Y-STRs),characterized by paternal inheritance,are valuable in forensic practice.Notably,the potential application of Y-STRs in pedigrees should be drawn upon,especially in China’s surname-concentrated natural villages.The study focused on 50 Y-STRs,including 13 rapidly mutating(RM)Y-STRs that largely constitute the current Y-STR commercial kits,and determined the differences in these Y-STRs between branches in a large pedigree and the discriminatory power of these haplotypes in different units for male relatives.As indicated in the results,14 inconsistencies were observed at 9 Y-STRs between 10 father-son pairs.In addition,these 50 Y-STR haplotypes discriminated 10 out of 47 father-son pairs,106 of 148 cousin pairs,70 of 119 uncle-nephew pairs,17 of 39 brother pairs,and 14 out of 33 grandfather-grandson pairs in a large pedigree.The RM Y-STR set is able to differentiate close male relatives in a large pedigree.
