Evaluation of Y-STR variation in Bosnian and Herzegovinian populations

Eight Y-STR polymorphisms (DYS19, DYS385, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392 and DYS393) were analyzed in the samples of 181 unrelated males from Bosnia and Herzegovinia. Observed STR allelic frequency pattern and locus diversity values in Bosnians and Herzegovinians correspond closer to neighboring southeastern European populations than previously reported (mostly western) European populations. One hundred and five haplotypes were identified and 78 haplotypes (74.3%) appeared in single copies. The most frequent haplotypes (DYS19–DYS385–DYS389I–DYS389II–DYS390–DYS391–DYS392–DYS393) were 16–14/15–13–31–24–11–11–13 (7.7%), 16–14/15–13–30–24–11–11–13 (7.7%) and 15–14/15–13–31–24–11–11–13 (5.5%). Total haplotype diversity was 0.9820 ± 0.0040