title: Polymorphism of four X-chromosomal STRs in a Polish population sample.
abstract: Allele frequencies for four X-chromosomal STR were determined in a population sample of 240 unrelated males and females from the northeastern Poland by multiplex PCR and subsequent automated fluorescent detection (ABI 310) using a commercially available multiplex PCR kit (Mentype Argus X-UL). Kinship tests revealed a typical X-linked inheritance with no mutation. The analysed quadruplex is a potential extension to a battery of autosomal systems in forensic applications, especially in the investigation of kinship analysis and deficiency cases.
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: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skawronska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niemcunowicz-Janica
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: D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences