title: Population study of the HUMTH01, HUMVWA31A, HUMF13A1, and HUMFES/FPS STR polymorphisms in the north of Portugal.
abstract: Allele and genotype frequencies of four short tandem-repeat loci were determined in a population sample from the North of Portugal using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). After denaturing PAGE, 6 alleles were identified for HUMTH01 (n = 419), 9 alleles for HUMVWA31A (n = 376), 12 alleles for HUMF13A1 (n = 232), and 5 alleles for HUMFES/FPS (n = 409). No deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was found. The allele frequencies observed are similar to those of the European populations compared. The combined power of discrimination is 0.999.
authors.affiliation: ICBAS, Medico-Legal Institute, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pontes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gené
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Huguet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D004247:DNA / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010334:Paternity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011174:Portugal; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA