Leat, NeilDavison, SeanEhrenreich, Liezle SuzetteDept. of BiotechnologyFaculty of Science2013-10-012024-05-092008/12/042008/12/042013-10-012024-05-092005https://hdl.handle.net/10566/13282Magister Scientiae - MScThe aim of this study was to investigate the forensic usefulness of various Y-chromosome short tandem repeat loci among South African sub-populations. Three different sets of Y-chromosome short tandem repeat loci were chosen for investigation.enForensic geneticsY chromosomeDNA fingerprintingDNASynthesisChromosome polymorphismThe evaluation of Y-STR loci for use in forensicsThesisUniversity of the Western Cape