Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)

CHAPTER SEVEN – Genetic investigations

Y-chromosome STR (Y-STR) markers.

Only a

single allele

from the father is transmitted to the descendant, and therefore we can call it the paternal inheritance. These STR-markers are located on noncoding parts of the Y-chromosome. Accordingly, in this case, only paternal markers are inherited, which is why they can be used to conduct retrospective hereditary (haplogroup) analyses (Figure 29).

Y-STR inheritance in male heirs only

Figure 29. There is a DNA sequence which does not recombine during meiosis,

and

consequently it is passed on from generation to generation unchanged. In this case, only cumulative mutations cause changes, which is why this region has a genetic history that is easier to determine.

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