Information on the National Database "South Africa"

The National Database "South Africa" consists of 1,572 haplotypes (at least minimal) which were published in 4 population studies and were additionally submitted via personal communication (1 submission) .

Most common haplotypes

Count	DYS19	DYS389I	DYS389II	DYS390	DYS391	DYS392	DYS393	DYS385
57	14	12	28	26	10	11	13	15,20
31	14	13	29	24	11	13	13	11,14
26	15	14	32	21	10	11	13	15,16
24	15	14	32	24	10	11	13	11,11
23	15	14	30	21	10	11	13	15,17
18	16	13	31	21	10	11	13	16,17
17	16	14	31	21	10	11	15	16,20
16	14	13	29	24	10	13	13	11,14
14	14	13	29	23	11	13	13	11,14
13	16	14	32	24	10	11	13	11,11

Count	DYS391	DYS389I	DYS439	DYS389II	DYS438	DYS437	DYS19	DYS392	DYS393	DYS390	DYS385
36	10	12	11	28	11	14	14	11	13	26	15,20
12	10	14	12	30	11	14	15	11	13	21	15,17
9	10	14	12	31	11	14	16	11	15	21	16,20
8	10	13	12	31	12	14	16	11	13	21	16,17
8	10	14	12	32	10	14	15	11	13	24	11,11
8	10	14	12	32	11	14	15	11	13	21	15,16
7	10	14	12	31	11	14	16	11	15	21	17,20
5	10	12	11	28	11	14	14	11	13	25	15,20
5	10	14	11	32	11	14	15	11	13	21	15,16
5	10	14	12	31	11	14	16	11	15	21	17,21

Count	DYS456	DYS389I	DYS390	DYS389II	DYS458	DYS19	DYS385	DYS393	DYS391	DYS439	DYS635	DYS392	YGATAH4	DYS437	DYS438	DYS448
21	15	12	26	28	18	14	15,20	13	10	11	24	11	11	14	11	19
11	15	14	21	30	17	15	15,17	13	10	12	21	11	12	14	11	21
9	15	14	21	31	16	16	16,20	15	10	12	21	11	11	14	11	21
6	15	14	21	31	16	16	17,20	15	10	12	21	11	11	14	11	21
5	15	13	21	31	17	16	16,17	13	10	12	21	11	12	14	12	20
4	15	14	21	31	16	16	17,21	15	10	12	21	11	11	14	11	21
3	13	14	24	32	17	15	11,11	13	10	12	17	11	13	14	10	23
3	15	12	25	28	18	14	15,20	13	10	11	24	11	11	14	11	19
3	15	13	21	30	16	16	16,18	15	10	12	21	12	11	14	11	21
3	15	14	21	32	17	15	15,16	13	10	12	21	11	12	14	11	21

Count	DYS576	DYS389I	DYS448	DYS389II	DYS19	DYS391	DYS481	DYS549	DYS533	DYS438	DYS437	DYS570	DYS635	DYS390	DYS439	DYS392	DYS643	DYS393	DYS458	DYS385	DYS456	YGATAH4
10	15	12	19	28	14	10	25	13	12	11	14	18	24	26	11	11	11	13	18	15,20	15	11
9	15	14	21	30	15	10	26	12	11	11	14	19	21	21	12	11	15	13	17	15,17	15	12
8	17	14	21	31	16	10	27	11	11	11	14	18	21	21	12	11	13	15	16	16,20	15	11
4	15	12	19	28	14	10	25	12	12	11	14	18	24	26	11	11	11	13	18	15,20	15	11
2	14	12	21	30	15	10	28	11	11	11	14	20	21	21	11	11	14	13	16	17,18	15	12
2	15	12	19	28	14	10	26	13	12	11	14	18	24	25	11	11	11	13	18	15,20	15	11
2	15	14	20	32	15	10	26	11	11	11	14	20	21	21	11	11	15	13	17	15,16	15	13
2	15	14	21	32	15	10	26	11	11	11	14	21	21	21	12	11	15	13	18	15,16	15	12
2	16	12	19	28	14	10	25	12	12	11	14	18	24	26	11	11	11	13	18	15,20	15	11
2	16	13	21	30	16	10	26	11	11	11	14	17	21	21	12	12	13	15	16	16,18	15	11

There are no Y27 haplotypes or all haplotypes are singletons.

There are no Ymax haplotypes or all haplotypes are singletons.

Population studies

Leat N., Benjeddou M. and Davison S. (2004), 'Nine-locus Y-chromosome STR profiling of Caucasian and Xhosa populations from Cape Town, South Africa.', Forensic Sci Int 144(1):73-5 [PubMed] [DOI]
Leat N., Ehrenreich L., Benjeddou M., Cloete K. and Davison S. (2007), 'Properties of novel and widely studied Y-STR loci in three South African populations.', Forensic Sci Int 168(2-3):154-61 [PubMed] [DOI]
Xu H., Wang CC., Shrestha R., Wang LX., Zhang M., He Y., Kidd JR., Kidd KK., Jin L. and Li H. (2015), 'Inferring population structure and demographic history using Y‐STR data from worldwide populations', Mol Genet Genomics 290(1):141-50 [DOI]
Reid KM. and Heathfield LJ. (2020), 'Allele frequency data for 23 Y-chromosome short tandem repeats (STRs) for the South African population', For Sci Int Genet 46:102270 [DOI]

Personal communication

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