title: Population genetics of Y-chromosome STRs in a population sample of the Lithuanian minority residing in the northeastern Poland.
abstract: Haplotype and allele frequencies for the 12 Y-STRs were determined in a population sample of 124 unrelated males--members of the Lithuanian minority residing in the northeastern Poland. Three of the haplotypes were encountered in duplicate, while 118 haplotypes were unique. The overall gene diversity was 0.9952. Analysis of molecular variance revealed that the Lithuanian minority can be distinguished from the autochthonous Poles, although these two populations are very close to each other. 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, 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: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ptaszynska-Sarosiek
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koc-Zorawska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janica
authors.forename: Jaroslaw A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Berent
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences