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Leg Med (Tokyo). 1999 Apr;1(2):55-60. doi: 10.1016/s1344-6223(99)80013-3.

Y chromosome specific polymorphisms in forensic analysis.

Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

L Gusmão, M Brion, A González-Neira, M Lareu, A Carracedo

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela.

PMID: 12935495 DOI: 10.1016/s1344-6223(99)80013-3

Abstract

Human Y chromosome polymorphisms are increasingly interesting, not only for population genetics or evolutionary studies but also for forensics. The state of the art on this subject is reviewed in this paper and the types of Y polymorphisms and their forensic applications described.

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