Population genetic studies in the Balkans. II. DNA-STR-systems.
Within a study of the genetics of Southeastern European populations four DNA-STR-systems (D21S11, FGA, TH01, VWA) were examined in seven samples (samples of three Aromuns and four other Balkan populations). The results have been compared to data from four samples from literature (Austrians, Germans, Hungarians, Slovenians). The results show three clusters: a) the Aromuns from Albania (Andon Poci) and Macedonia (Stip region), b) the Romanian Aromuns (Kogalniceanu), Romanians (Constanta, Ploiesti) and Albanians (Tirana) und c) the data from literature. A sample of Northeastern Greece clearly differs from these three clusters. Including seven serum protein polymorphisms (without the populations from literature) results in two clusters: a) the three Aromun populations and b) Albanians and Romanians. Again the sample of Northeastern Greece clearly differs from these clusters.
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Institute for Legal Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany. HUCKENBECK@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Scheil
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Schmidt
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Efremovska
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Xirotiris
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D000415:Albania; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D018843:Republic of North Macedonia; D012383:Romania; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
D001798:Blood Proteins; D004247:DNA