DYS438

Y STRs

DYS438 is a pentanucleotide short tandem repeat (STR) locus on chromosome Y (Yq11.221), a Y-chromosome STR (Y-STR).

Basic Information

Y

Yq11.221

TTTTC[n]

Pentanucleotide

12

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Genomic Coordinates

GRCh38/hg38

chrY:12,825,889-12,825,948 (60 bp)

GRCh37/hg19

chrY:14,937,824-14,937,873 (50 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).
TTTTC[n]

CE12_TTTTC[12]

[TTTTC]12

chrY:12,825,885-12,825,953 (69 bp)

  • PowerSeq 46GY
  • ForenSeq Signature Prep/Plus and MainstAY
  • IDSeek mYSTR

GRCh37 has different sequence and allele length Length-based 10 Sequence-based [TTTTC]10