title: Northern and southern Croatian population data on seven PCR-based loci.
abstract: Northern and southern Croatian sample populations were typed at seven PCR-based loci -LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc, HLA-DQA1 and D1S80. The results show that all loci meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations and that there is little evidence for association of alleles between loci. Allelic frequency distributions at all loci, except HLA-DQA1, show no differences between the northern and southern Croatian sample populations. Moreover, the population data for Croatians are similar to U.S. Caucasians; only HLA-DQA1 for southern Croatians was statistically different compared with U.S. Caucasians. A Croatian population database(s) has been created and can be used for forensic analyses to estimate the frequency of a multiple locus DNA profile.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia 22135, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Keys
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Budowle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andelinovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Definis-Gojanovic
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drmic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mladen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Primorac
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D017523:Croatia; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen