Population genetics of seven Y-STR loci in the Pomerania–Kujawy region of Poland

Abstract

We have performed haplotyping of seven Y-STRs (DYS19, DYS389, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and DYS385). We have found 199 different haplotypes in 277 unrelated males from Pomerania–Kujawy region of Poland. Among the haplotypes found, 164 (59.2%) were unique in our population sample, while 35 occurred more than once. Interpopulation comparisons were also performed and showed significant differences in haplotype frequencies between our population and other populations of Western and Southern European origin, while haplotype distributions in populations from other regions of Poland, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, were similar.