DYS437

Y STRs

DYS437 is a tetranucleotide short tandem repeat (STR) locus on chromosome Y (Yq11.21), a Y-chromosome STR (Y-STR).

Basic Information

Chromosome

Cytogenetic Location

Yq11.21

STRNaming template (FSSG)

TCTA[n]TCTG[n]TCTA[4]

Type

Tetranucleotide

Reference Allele

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Genomic Coordinates

Repeat region

chrY:12,346,267-12,346,326 (60 bp)

Repeat region

chrY:14,466,994-14,467,057 (64 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)

TCTA[n]TCTG[n]TCTA[4]

Reference allele (GRCh38) named with STRNaming 1.2.1

CE15_TCTA[9]TCTG[2]TCTA[4]

Historical bracketing (2016-2023)

[TCTA]9 [TCTG]2 [TCTA]4

ISFG minimum range (GRCh38)

chrY:12,346,263-12,346,332 (70 bp)

MPS kits covering this locus

Notes from the FSSG

GRCh37 has different sequence and allele length Length-based 16 Sequence-based [TCTA]10 [TCTG]2 [TCTA]4

Related markers

Other Y-STRs