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Genetic characteristics and population study of 4 X-chromosomal STRs in Koreans: evidence for a null allele at DXS9898

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The four X-chromosomal short tandem repeats (STRs), DXS9898, DXS6809, DXS7424 and DXS10011 were analyzed by single multiplex PCR in 150 male and 150 female Koreans. The loss of an allele at DXS9898 was observed in 13 out of 450 chromosomes (2.9%) and the PCR analysis showed that the X-chromosome with a null allele at DXS9898 has more than 1 kb deletion at the DXS9898 locus. Statistical analyses for these four X-STRs showed that they are highly informative for forensic application in Koreans. No linkage disequilibrium was observed among these four STRs and the previously reported five polymorphic STRs, HumARA, DXS101, GATA172D05, HPRTB and DXS8377 in Koreans. The test of homogeneity between allele frequencies revealed that there are some discrepancies in allele distributions between Koreans and Germans.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) through the Biometrics Engineering Research Center (BERC) at Yonsei University. We want to acknowledge and thank Dr. Shim and his family members for voluntarily providing buccal samples.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Gu, 120-752 , Seoul, Korea

    Hwan Young Lee, Myung Jin Park, Ji-Eun Yoo, Ukhee Chung, Jong-Hoon Choi, Chong-Youl Kim & Kyoung-Jin Shin

  2. Biometrics Engineering Research Center, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Gu, 120-749 , Seoul, Korea

    Ukhee Chung & Kyoung-Jin Shin

  3. Human Identification Research Institute, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Gu, 120-752, Seoul, Korea

    Chan Kwon Jeong, Seon Yeong Lee, Jong-Hoon Choi, Chong-Youl Kim & Kyoung-Jin Shin

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Lee, H.Y., Park, M.J., Jeong, C.K. et al. Genetic characteristics and population study of 4 X-chromosomal STRs in Koreans: evidence for a null allele at DXS9898. Int J Legal Med 118, 355–360 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-004-0456-1

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