D6S474

Other Autosomal STRs

D6S474 is a tetranucleotide short tandem repeat (STR) locus on chromosome 6 (6q21), an autosomal STR outside the CODIS core set.

Basic Information

Chromosome

Cytogenetic Location

6q21

STRNaming template (FSSG)

AGAT[n]GATA[n]

Type

Tetranucleotide

Reference Allele

Kits that count repeats with the Hill motif, [AGAT]n [GATA]n, designate this GRCh38 sequence as allele 17. STRhub uses the harmonized designation, 16, recommended by Bodner et al. 2024.

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Genomic Coordinates

GRCh38/hg38

Repeat region

chr6:112,557,951-112,558,018 (68 bp)

Motif and sequences are shown on the forward (+) strand of GRCh38.

Sequence structure (FSSG)

ISFG minimum range, bracketing and kit coverage from the Forensic Sequence Structure Guide, FSSG v6.1 (STRidER; distributed as FSSG_v6-1_beta.xlsx).

STRNaming Formatted ISFG Minimum Range for Common Alleles (FSSG)

AGAT[n]GATA[n]

Reference allele (GRCh38) named with STRNaming 1.2.1

CE16_AGAT[5]GATA[12]

Historical bracketing (2016-2023)

[TAGA]5 tga [TAGA]11

ISFG minimum range (GRCh38)

chr6:112,557,946-112,558,022 (77 bp)

MPS kits covering this locus

Precision ID GlobalFiler NGS STR Panel v2

Notes from the FSSG

Difference in historical nomenclature results in +/- 1 repeat. Manuscript detailing the issue can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2024.103012.

Related markers

Other STR markers on chromosome 6

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