Human Y chromosome polymorphisms are increasingly interesting, not only for population
genetics or evolutionary studies but also for forensics. The state of the art on this subject is …

Nowadays, the use of Y-chromosome polymorphisms forms an essential part of many
forensic DNA investigations. However, this was not always the case. Only since 1992 have …

The forensic use of the human Y chromosome started about 50 years ago for the purpose of
paternity testing, 40 years for male sex determination, 30 years for male lineage …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the human Y chromosome male-specific
polymorphisms and forensic genetics. The Y chromosome is one of the smallest human …

Analysis of the human Y chromosome in forensics has three main applications: male sex
identification, male lineage identification and identification of the geographical origin of male …

The growing interest of contemporary biology in the human Y chromosome (Hammer 1995;
Jobling and Tyler-Smith 1995) has extended to forensic circles. This trend emerges from a …

Y-chromosomal DNA polymorphisms and especially the Y-STRs are well established for
forensic routine casework. Concern of our study was to use Y-SNPs for forensic purposes …

The human Y chromosome is strictly paternally inherited and, in most of its length, does not
recombine during male meiosis. These features make the Y a very useful genetic marker for …

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of Y chromosome (Y-SNPs) are a class of markers of
interest in forensic investigations, because many of them show regional specificity, providing …

In the present study, we demonstrate that two commonly used Y-chromosome single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), P25 and 92R7, are paralogous sequence variants …