title: STR data for the power plex-16 loci in a population from Central Poland.
abstract: The allele frequencies for the 13 CODIS core loci and two recently developed but not extensively validated in Central European populations pentanucleotide STRs (Penta E and D) were determined using the Power Plex-16 (Promega) kit in a sample of 430 unrelated individuals born in Central Poland. The calculated parameters of polymorphism showed Penta E to be the most valuable marker from the studied set. The obtained distribution of Penta E and D alleles was statistically significantly different from that previously reported for a population of Southern Poland. Analysis of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium revealed a deviation for the D5S818 locus which may reflect presence of a null allele.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Oczki 1, 02-007 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuzniar
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ploski
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences