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Journal of Genetic Genealogy, 2(1):12-17, 2006 DIAGNOSTIC Y-STR MARKERS IN HAPLOGROUP G Phillip G. Goff and T. Whit Athey Abstract Y-Chromosome Haplogroup G reaches its highest frequency in the Caucasus Region (70% in N. Ossetia) and decreases in frequency in Western Europe to about one-to-two percent of the population on the Atlantic coast. Haplogroup G, like its brother haplogroups H, IJ, and K, arose from a mutation from Haplogroup F, M201 in the case of Haplogroup G. Y-STR databases include a limited number of haplotypes for G, H and K*, which have low frequencies in Western Europe, while IJ is well-represented in Western Europe and in Y-STR databases. In this report several Y-STR markers are identified that can distinguish a Haplogroup G haplotype from similar haplotypes in Haplogroups E3b, H, I, and J. The present study identifies four Y-STR markers, DYS425, DYS446, DYS452, and DYF399S1 that are diagnostic for Haplogroup G or one of its subgroups. Introduction The study of DYS425 has been limited due to the lack of testing of this marker by more of the DNA testing Interest in Y-chromosome testing for paternal ancestry companies. In addition, a review of comments on the genealogical research has steadily increased since 2000.1 Rootsweb Genealogy-DNA List reveals a widely-held As of December 2005, about 40,000 genealogically- view that DYS425 is of little diagnostic value due to the relevant haplotypes are available through variou