title: X-chromosomal polymorphism data for the ethnic minority of Polish Tatars and the religious minority of Old Believers residing in northeastern Poland.
abstract: Population samples of 420 unrelated individuals of the ethnic minority of Polish Tatars and the religious minority of Old Believers residing in northeastern Poland were tested for four X-chromosomal STR frequencies by multiplex PCR and subsequent automated fluorescent detection (ABI 310) using a commercially available kit Mentype Argus X-UL. Kinship tests revealed a typical X-linked inheritance with no mutation. Significant differences in allele frequency distributions confirm previous findings regarding genetic variation among ethnic groups residing in northeastern Poland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 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: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koc-Zorawska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janica
authors.forename: Jaroslaw
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berent
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soltyszewski
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011044:Poland; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012067:Religion