Alaska: Y-STR Loci Diversity In Native Alaskan Populations

Alaska: Y-STR Loci Diversity In Native Alaskan Populations Carey Davis, Jianye Ge, Abirami Chidambaram, Jonathan King, Meredith Turnbough, Michelle Collins, Orin Dym, Ranajit Chakraborty, Arthur J. Eisenberg, and Bruce Budowle, 2011   Y chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) loci are important genetic markers for forensic biological evidence analyses. However, paternal inheritance, reduced effective population size, and lack of independence between loci can reduce Y-STR diversity and may...

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