Demand for larger Y-STR reference databases in ethnic melting-pot countries: Argentina as a test case

M Caputo, A Sala, D Corach - International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2019 - Springer
The Y chromosome behaves as a single locus. Its genetic information is useful in forensic
casework, deficiency kinship testing, and population genetics studies. Continuous increases …

A comprehensive Y-STR portrait of Argentinean populations

U Toscanini, C Vullo, G Berardi, C Llull… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
A study of 23 Y-STRs was conducted in 257 individuals living in urban areas from eight
Argentinean provinces. The data were meta-analyzed together with 364 profiles obtained …

Analysis of Y-chromosome STRs in Chile confirms an extensive introgression of European male lineages in urban populations

U Toscanini, F Brisighelli, F Moreno… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
We analyzed the Y chromosome haplotypes (Yfiler) of 978 non-related Chilean males
grouped in five sampling regions (Iquique, Santiago de Chile, Concepción, Temuco and …

Population genetic analysis of 23 Y-STR loci in Central Argentine Patagonia

ML Parolin, C Tamburrini, LE Real… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
We analyzed 23 Y-STR haplotypes of 139 unrelated males from Central Argentine
Patagonia. A total of 133 different haplotypes (127 singletons) were observed. Haplotype …

Genetic population data of three Y-STR genetic systems in Mexican-Mestizos from Monterrey, Nuevo León (Northeast, Mexico)

B Ramos-González, JA Aguilar-Velázquez… - Forensic Science …, 2017 - fsigenetics.com
Mestizos constitute the largest population in Mexico (90%); they arose from roughly 500
years of admixture between Europeans, Amerindians and, to a lesser extent, Africans …

South to North increasing gradient of paternal European ancestry throughout the Mexican territory: Evidence of Y-linked short tandem repeats

H Rangel-Villalobos, J Salazar-Flores… - Forensic Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
We genotyped at least 12 Y-STRs in DNA samples of 986 Mestizos from five states:
Aguascalientes (n= 293), Jalisco (n= 185), Guanajuato (n= 168), Chiapas (n= 170), and …

Population structure of Y chromosome SNP haplogroups in the United States and forensic implications for constructing Y chromosome STR databases

MF Hammer, VF Chamberlain, VF Kearney… - Forensic science …, 2006 - Elsevier
A set of 61 Y chromosome single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (Y-SNPs) is typed in a sample
of 2517 individuals from 38 populations to infer the geographic origins of Y chromosomes in …

Comparison of Y-chromosome haplogroup frequencies in eight Provinces of Argentina

V Ramallo, JM Mucci, A García, M Muzzio… - Forensic Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
Y-chromosome haplogroups constructed from SNP markers of Y-specific regions have been
largely used in population genetic trials. These data might also be applied to forensic …

Comparing different population groups in Santander—Colombia through Y-STR haplotype analysis

A Castillo, K Rueda, A Pico, A Gil, C Vargas… - Forensic Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Colombia is a multi-ethnic country subdivided into 32 departments. Santander is one of
these, which is divided into six provinces. With the aim of characterizing the Y chromosome …

Y chromosome haplotypes in central-south Italy: implication for reference database

C Rapone, A Geraci, C Capelli, A De Meo… - Forensic science …, 2007 - Elsevier
One hundred and fifty individuals have been sampled across Central-South Italy and
genotyped for Y chromosome STRs by PowerPlex® Y system. Comparison with previous …