Are rapidly mutating Y‐short tandem repeats useful to resolve a lineage? Expanding mutability data on distant male relationships

S Turrina, S Caratti, M Ferrian, D De Leo - Transfusion, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Y‐chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y‐STRs) are essential to relate
male lineages in forensic and evolutionary studies. Although large panels of Y‐STR markers …

A new future of forensic Y-chromosome analysis: rapidly mutating Y-STRs for differentiating male relatives and paternal lineages

KN Ballantyne, V Keerl, A Wollstein, Y Choi… - Forensic Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
The panels of 9–17 Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) currently used in
forensic genetics have adequate resolution of different paternal lineages in many human …

RMplex: An efficient method for analyzing 30 Y-STRs with high mutation rates

A Ralf, D Zandstra, N Weiler, WFJ van Ijcken… - Forensic Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) with high mutation rates are recognized as
valuable genetic markers for differentiating paternally related men, who typically cannot be …

Rapidly mutating Y-STRs study in Chinese Yi population

Q Wang, B Jin, G An, Q Zhong, M Chen, X Luo… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) have been widely used in forensic analysis
and population genetics. With low to moderate mutation rates, conventional Y-STR panels …

Improving empirical evidence on differentiating closely related men with RM Y-STRs: a comprehensive pedigree study from Pakistan

A Adnan, A Ralf, A Rakha, N Kousouri… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat (Y-STR) markers are commonly used in forensic
genetics. Male-specific haplotypes provided by commercial Y-STR kits allow discriminating …

[HTML][HTML] RMplex reveals population differences in RM Y-STR mutation rates and provides improved father-son differentiation in Japanese

T Otagiri, N Sato, H Asamura, E Parvanova… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapidly mutating Y chromosomal short tandem repeat markers (RM Y-STRs)–characterized
by at least one mutation per 100 generations–are suitable for differentiating both related and …

Development of an Italian RM Y-STR haplotype database: Results of the 2013 GEFI collaborative exercise

C Robino, A Ralf, S Pasino, MR De Marchi… - Forensic Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently introduced rapidly mutating Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat (RM Y-STR) loci,
displaying a multiple-fold higher mutation rate relative to any other Y-STRs, including those …

Assessment of a subset of Slowly Mutating Y-STRs for forensic and evolutionary studies

M Baeta, C Núñez, P Villaescusa, U Ortueta… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Y-specific short tandem repeat (Y-STR) loci display different mutation rates and
consequently are suitable for forensic, genealogical, and evolutionary studies that require …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the differentiation of closely related males by RMplex analysis of 30 Y-STRs with high mutation rates

F Neuhuber, B Dunkelmann, I Grießner, K Helm… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of rapidly mutating (RM) Y-STRs started to move the field of forensic Y-STR
analysis from male lineage identification towards male individual identification. Previously …

Analysis of rapidly mutating Y chromosome short tandem repeats (RM Y-STRs)

S Hadi - Forensic DNA Typing Protocols, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Rapidly mutating (RM) Y-STRs were recently identified and can help to differentiate
between paternally related males in paternity and forensic casework. Normal Y-STRs are …