Population genetics of Y-chromosomal STRs in Amharic males from Ethiopia

The Y-STRs are well established in the forensic routine casework. We analysed buccal swab samples from 173 unrelated males of an African population from Ethiopia—the Amharics. The allele and haplotype frequency data, the exclusion power of the STRs and the haplotype diversity were calculated. The most frequent haplotypes are obtained with a frequency of 0.023. The haplotype diversity using these 12 loci was estimated with 0.9974 and the power of discrimination with 0.9917. The allele diversity differs between 0.068 and 0.747. D 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.