Genetic polymorphism of Y-chromosomal STRs in Gujjar population of Punjab

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Y-STR polymorphism of Gujjar population was determined by using AmpFISTR®YfilerTM PCR amplification kit. A total 176 haplotypes were obtained after the analysis of 17 Y-STR loci in 176 genetically unrelated individuals. Haplotype diversity and discrimination capacity attained was 0.99730 and 0.652201325, respectively. The comparison of Gujjar population with 16 other populations revealed that Gujjars have low genetic distance from Punjabi, Sindhi, and Pakhtun population of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Saraswat Brahmin from India; Bangladeshi population; north and south of Afghanistan; and Uttar Pradesh India which hints toward the migrational route Gujjars took over the centuries. This data is of significant value for population studies and forensic applications.

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  1. Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan

    Fatima Tuz Zahra, Manzoor Hussain, Khushbukhat Khan, Muhammad Adeel Aslam & Shahzadi Javeed

  2. School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

    Fatima Tuz Zahra

  3. Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    Khushbukhat Khan

  4. National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shafique & Aqsa Rubab

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Zahra, F.T., Hussain, M., Khan, K. et al. Genetic polymorphism of Y-chromosomal STRs in Gujjar population of Punjab. Int J Legal Med 134, 1333–1334 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-019-02227-6

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Keywords

  • Y chromosome
  • Short tandem repeats
  • Gujjar population
  • Genetic polymorphism