Study of 16 Y-STRs in the population of Calabria using AmpFlSTR Y-filer kit

Abstract: Y-STRs are very useful for forensic laboratories to identify, segregate, and analyze male DNA from evidence-containing mixtures of male and female DNA (for example in case of sexual assault), in difficult paternity analysis or for reconstruction of male lineage or application in kinship analysis. AmpFlSTR® Y-filer™ PCR Amplification kit is the last commercial kit for the analysis in a single PCR reaction, of 16 Y-chromosome STRs. In the present study, we analysed the distribution of the Y-STRs above in 3 populations from Calabria (South of Italy): Reggio Calabria, Catanzaro and Cosenza. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]