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Population data and genetic structure analysis based on 29 Y-STR loci among the ethnolinguistic groups in Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso (BF) is a landlocked Sahelian country located in the middle of West Africa. Sixty-three local languages are spoken in BF. Despite this high diversity, the BF population remains poorly investigated, and updated forensic parameters with a large number of Y chromosome short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are still missing. Herein, 447 DNA samples were typed for a cocktail of 29 Y-STR loci. None of these 447 individuals in total shared a common haplotype. The overall Y-STR haplotypes were successfully uploaded online on the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD) with the accession numbers YA004690 and YA004691. The main haplotype diversity was 0.9999999965, which is much higher than that obtained with 12 Y-STRs in a previous study. Haploid Match Probability for the whole dataset was 0.002237. The phylogenetic analysis of 24 ethnic groups of BF shows that the ethnic group named BISSA is closer to Gur speakers than Mande speakers, where they belong. In addition, genetic structure analysis of 49 African subpopulations sheds light on the fact that geographic proximity turns out to be one of the best predictors of genetic affinity between populations.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge with thanks volunteers who have provided their samples and contributed to sampling. We extend our earnest appreciation to the Ministry of security of Burkina Faso; the Burkina Faso Police General Directorate, Technical and scientific police of Burkina Faso for supporting this research. Special thanks to Dr Guaminatou Tapsoba, Dr Charlemagne Elysée Soubeiga, Dr Missa Millogo and Dr Florencia Djigma, for the sampling process. We also acknowledge Professor Fulvio Cruciani, Dr Cesar Fortes-Lima, Dr Ouada Nebie and Dr Yannick Leandre Traore for providing the published data for comparison in this study.

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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, no. 81871533 and no. 81971791) and Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2020JJ4779).

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  1. Moutanou Modeste Judes Zeye and Jienan Li contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.

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  1. Department of Forensic Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, No:172, Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

    Moutanou Modeste Judes Zeye, Jienan Li, Lagabaiyila Zha & Cai Jifeng

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics (LMBG), University Joseph KI – ZERBO, CERBA/LABIOGENE, Ouagadougou 01, 01 BP: 364, Burkina Faso

    Moutanou Modeste Judes Zeye, Serge Yannick Ouedraogo & Jacques Simpore

  3. Directorate General of the National Police of Burkina Faso, Directorate of Technical and Scientific Police, Ouagadougou 01, 01 BP: 22, Burkina Faso

    Moutanou Modeste Judes Zeye

  4. Department of Biochemistry and molecular biology, School of Life sciences, Central South University, No:172, Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

    Serge Yannick Ouedraogo

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Map of Africa showing the 14 countries involved in our study with their linguistic affiliation. (PNG 214 kb)

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Interactive tree of life (ITOL) of Burkina Faso ethnic group involved in our study. (PNG 144 kb)

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Interactive tree of life of Burkina Faso Mande (BF-Mande) and Burkina Faso Gur (BF-Gur) speakers labelled in red and 47 references populations are listed in Table S6. (TIF 654 kb) (PNG 633 kb)

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Multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) plot showing relationships between Burkina Faso Mande (BFM) and Burkina Faso Gur (BFG) speakers highlighted with square red and green respectively and 47 references populations. The nomenclature and the references of the population samples are available in Table S6. (PNG 61 kb)

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Zeye, M.M.J., Li, J., Ouedraogo, S.Y. et al. Population data and genetic structure analysis based on 29 Y-STR loci among the ethnolinguistic groups in Burkina Faso. Int J Legal Med 135, 1767–1769 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02544-9

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