title: Genetic data on 15 STRs in a population sample of religious minority of Old Believers residing in the northeastern Poland.
abstract: This study provides a 15 STRs database for a population sample of Old Believers (n = 136) living in the northeastern Poland for the use as a highly discriminatory system of genetic markers in population studies and in personal identification. Significant differences revealed between the Old Believers and the autochthonous Poles by using RxC test as well as F(ST) and F(IS) estimates suggest a certain degree of genetic isolation of this religious minority.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 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: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skawronska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janica
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koc-Zorawska
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soltyszewski
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D011044:Poland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012067:Religion; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences