title: Population genetics of 15 AmpflSTR Identifiler loci in Macedonians and Macedonian Romani (Gypsy).
abstract: Allele frequencies of 15 AmpFlSTR Identifiler STR loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA) were analysed in a sample of 100 unrelated autochthonous Macedonian and 102 Macedonian Romani individuals, representing different ethnic groups residing within the same country of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The interpopulation comparisons between Macedonians and Macedonian Romani with four south eastern European populations, Kosovo Albanians, Serbians from Vojvodina Province, western Romanians and northern Greeks were performed as well as comparison between Macedonian Romani and Assam population from Asia (India). Reported data point that Macedonian Romani, as an example of an endogamous population of Asian (Indian) origin, show significant allelic differences when compared to neighbouring south eastern European populations.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anthropological Research, Gajeva 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. dubravka@inantro.hr
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Havas
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jeran
authors.forename: Ljudmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Efremovska
authors.forename: Dobrivoje
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dordević
authors.forename: Pavao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudan
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018843:Republic of North Macedonia; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences