title: Population genetics of Y-chromosome STRs in a population of Podlasie, Northeastern Poland.
abstract: Haplotype and allele frequencies for the 12 Y-STRs were determined in a population sample of 186 Polish males. Five of the haplotypes were encountered in duplicate, while 176 haplotypes were unique. The overall gene diversity was 0.9973. This database study provides an essential precondition for applying Y-chromosomal STRs estimates in forensic identification of male DNA and tracing of paternal lineages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-230, Poland. pepinski@amb.edu.pl
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pepinski
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niemcunowicz-Janica
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ptaszynska-Sarosiek
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skawronska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koc-Zorawska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janica
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soltyszewski
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences