Mutation Rates and Discriminating Power for 13 Rapidly-Mutating Y-STRs between Related and Unrelated Individuals

Alessio Boattini; Stefania Sarno; Carla Bini; Valeria Pesci; Chiara Barbieri; Sara De Fanti; Andrea Quagliariello; Luca Pagani; Qasim Ayub; Gianmarco Ferri; Davide Pettener; Donata Luiselli; Susi Pelotti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165678

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Mutation Rates and Discriminating Power for 13 Rapidly-Mutating Y-STRs between Related and Unrelated Individuals

Alessio Boattini ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessio Boattini, Stefania Sarno

* E-mail: alessio.boattini2@unibo.it (AB); stefania.sarno2@unibo.it (SS)

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Stefania Sarno ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessio Boattini, Stefania Sarno

* E-mail: alessio.boattini2@unibo.it (AB); stefania.sarno2@unibo.it (SS)

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Carla Bini,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Valeria Pesci,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Chiara Barbieri,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Sara De Fanti,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Andrea Quagliariello,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Luca Pagani,

Affiliation Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Qasim Ayub,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom
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Gianmarco Ferri,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Diagnostica, Clinica e di Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Davide Pettener,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Donata Luiselli ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Susi Pelotti

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Mutation Rates and Discriminating Power for 13 Rapidly-Mutating Y-STRs between Related and Unrelated Individuals

Alessio Boattini,
Stefania Sarno,
Carla Bini,
Valeria Pesci,
Chiara Barbieri,
Sara De Fanti,
Andrea Quagliariello,
Luca Pagani,
Qasim Ayub,
Gianmarco Ferri

Published: November 1, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165678

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