The genetic diversity and applicability assessment of autosomal STRs among Chinese populations by a novel Fixation Index and Nei ’s index

China is a heterogeneous country with 56 nationalities. Approximately 92% of the total population is the Han nationality and the rest derives from different minorities, and the top three minorities with less population are Zhuang (0.12%), Hui (0.07%) and Manchu (0.07%) (http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/pcsj/rkpc/6rp/indexch.htm). Previous studies find the significant difference between northern and southern populations of China with means of archaeological analysis [1] and genetic evidences on microsatellites [2], Y-SNP [3] and autosomal SNP [4].

Source: Legal Medicine - January 3, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Caiyong Yin, Chuwei Deng, Xiaoqin Qian, Huijie Huang, Yanfang Yu, Li Hu, Peng Chen, Feng Chen Source Type: research