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Y/E Index in a Swedish Population1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Lars-Eric Lins
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic-Anthropological Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Ulf Sundequist*
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic-Anthropological Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
*
Paternitetsavdelningen, Statens Rättsläkarstation, Hudiksvallsgatan 8, 113 30 Stockholm, Sweden

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The Y/E index (Y/16-18 chromosomes) has been studied in a Swedish population of 74 men. The following results have been obtained: M = 0.734 ± 0.0238 with a range from 0.57 to 0.90. The values agree well with those of a Finnish population previously described. The use of the Y/E index in 15 paternity cases is exemplified.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1971

Footnotes

1

This work has been supported by the Nathorst Foundation.

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