Population genetics of Y-chromosome STRs in a population of Podlasie, Northeastern Poland.
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.
Pepinski
Witold
W
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-230, Poland. pepinski@amb.edu.pl
Niemcunowicz-Janica
Anna
A
Ptaszynska-Sarosiek
Iwona
I
Skawronska
Malgorzata
M
Koc-Zorawska
Ewa
E
Janica
Jerzy
J
Soltyszewski
Ireneusz
I
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