Genetic diversity and haplotype structure of 27 Y-STR loci in a Yanbian Korean population from Jilin Province, Northeast China.

In this study, 27 Y-STRs were analyzed in 347 male individuals from the Yanbian Korean population. Haplotype diversity (HD) and discrimination capacity (DC) values were calculated. Pairwise Rst values were evaluated in AMOVA analysis and visualized through multidimensional scaling (MDS). Yflier Plus system indicated higher Discrimination Power (DP), HD and DC which is 0.9969, 0.9998 and 0.9769. There is no significant genetic distance between Yanbian Koreans and South Koreans, however, there is a great distance from Chinese Han population. The present results may provide useful information for paternal lineages in forensic cases and increase our understanding of the genetic relationships between Yanbian Korean and other groups.