Information on the National Database "Malaysia"

The National Database "Malaysia" consists of 1,679 haplotypes (at least minimal) which were published in 5 population studies.

Most common haplotypes

Count DYS19 DYS389I DYS389II DYS390 DYS391 DYS392 DYS393 DYS385
22 15 12 28 24 10 13 13 12,16
14 15 12 27 23 10 14 13 13,13
13 15 12 27 23 10 14 13 13,14
12 15 13 30 24 9 12 13 11,12
12 16 12 28 23 10 14 13 13,14
10 17 12 28 24 9 13 12 14,19
9 14 12 28 21 10 11 12 10,17
9 15 14 30 20 10 13 13 12,13
9 17 12 28 24 9 13 12 14,18
8 14 12 28 25 10 14 12 13,17
Count DYS391 DYS389I DYS439 DYS389II DYS438 DYS437 DYS19 DYS392 DYS393 DYS390 DYS385
12 9 13 11 30 10 14 15 12 13 24 11,12
12 10 12 11 27 10 14 15 14 13 23 13,14
9 10 12 11 28 10 14 14 11 12 21 10,17
9 10 14 13 30 10 16 15 13 13 20 12,13
8 10 12 11 27 10 14 15 14 13 23 13,13
8 10 12 12 28 10 15 15 13 13 24 12,16
7 10 12 11 28 10 14 15 14 13 23 13,14
7 10 13 13 30 10 14 15 11 13 24 15,19
7 11 13 11 30 11 14 14 14 13 23 11,12
6 9 12 12 28 11 15 17 13 12 24 14,19
Count DYS456 DYS389I DYS390 DYS389II DYS458 DYS19 DYS385 DYS393 DYS391 DYS439 DYS635 DYS392 YGATAH4 DYS437 DYS438 DYS448
9 15 12 21 28 19 14 10,17 12 10 11 23 11 11 14 10 21
7 14 13 24 30 18 15 11,12 13 9 11 22 12 11 14 10 22
7 15 13 23 30 17 14 11,12 13 11 11 21 14 11 14 11 19
7 15 13 24 30 16 15 15,19 13 10 13 22 11 11 14 10 18
6 15 12 24 28 17 15 12,16 13 10 12 22 13 12 15 10 20
6 16 12 23 27 16 15 13,13 13 10 11 19 14 11 14 10 18
6 16 13 25 29 16 15 16,22 14 11 12 22 13 11 14 10 18
6 17 12 23 28 16 15 13,14 13 10 11 21 14 12 14 10 16
5 15 14 20 30 15 15 12,13 13 10 13 23 13 11 16 10 21
4 14 12 24 28 17 16 14,14 12 9 12 20 13 10 15 11 20
Count DYS576 DYS389I DYS448 DYS389II DYS19 DYS391 DYS481 DYS549 DYS533 DYS438 DYS437 DYS570 DYS635 DYS390 DYS439 DYS392 DYS643 DYS393 DYS458 DYS385 DYS456 YGATAH4
6 17 12 18 27 15 10 24 11 11 10 14 17 19 23 11 14 11 13 16 13,13 16 11
6 19 13 18 30 15 10 22 12 10 10 14 16 22 24 13 11 12 13 16 15,19 15 11
5 18 13 22 30 15 9 27 12 12 10 14 18 22 24 11 12 9 13 18 11,12 14 11
4 19 12 18 28 15 11 24 11 13 10 15 14 23 24 11 13 11 13 16 12,16 15 12
4 19 12 19 29 15 10 24 11 12 10 15 13 21 24 11 13 11 13 16 12,16 15 12
3 16 12 16 28 15 10 27 13 12 10 14 18 23 24 12 14 11 13 16 13,14 16 12
3 16 12 16 28 15 10 27 13 12 10 14 18 23 24 12 14 11 13 16 13,14 17 12
3 17 12 18 27 15 11 24 11 11 10 14 17 19 23 11 14 11 13 16 13,13 16 11
3 18 12 18 27 15 10 24 11 11 10 14 17 19 23 11 14 11 13 16 13,14 17 11
3 18 12 21 28 15 11 26 13 12 10 14 19 25 21 11 11 9 12 19 11,15 15 11

 There are no Y27 haplotypes or all haplotypes are singletons.

 There are no Ymax haplotypes or all haplotypes are singletons.

Population studies

  • Chang YM., Perumal R., Keat PY. and Kuehn DL. (2007), 'Haplotype diversity of 16 Y-chromosomal STRs in three main ethnic populations (Malays, Chinese and Indians) in Malaysia.', Forensic Sci Int 167(1):70-6 [PubMed] [DOI]
  • Chang YM., Swaran Y., Phoon YK., Sothirasan K., Sim HT., Lim KB. and Kuehn D. (2009), 'Haplotype diversity of 17 Y-chromosomal STRs in three native Sarawak populations (Iban, Bidayuh and Melanau) in East Malaysia.', Forensic Sci Int Genet 3(3):e77-80 [PubMed] [DOI]
  • Subbiah VK., Narayanan S., Yew CW., Robert R. and Hoque MZ. (2018), 'Genetic Diversity of Five Native Populations (Dusun, Rungus, Sonsogon, Murut and Sungai-Lingkabau Paitan) of North Borneo, East Malaysia based on 17 Y-chromosomal Short-Tandem Repeats Polymorphism', Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine 1(7): [Link] [DOI]
  • Syed HS., Nany RK., Alwi R., Panneerchelvam S., Nor M., Nur A. and Zafarina Z. (2018), 'Paternal lineage affinity of the Malay subethnic and Orang Asli populations in Peninsular Malaysia', Int J Legal Med 132(4):1087-90 [Link] [DOI]
  • Hakim HM., Khan HO., Ismail SA., Lalung J., Kofi AE., Nelson BR., Abdullah MT., Chambers GK. and Edinur HA. (2020), 'Population data for 23 Y chromosome STR loci using the Powerplex® Y23 STR kit for the Kedayan population in Malaysia', Int J Legal Med 134:1335–1337 [Link] [DOI]
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