title: Allele frequency data for 17 short tandem repeats in a Czech population sample.
abstract: Allele frequencies for 17 short tandem repeats (STRs) autosomal loci (D2S1338, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D19S433, D21S11, CSF1PO, FGA, PentaD, PentaE, TH01, TPOX, vWA) were studied in an extensive sample (max. N=1411) of unrelated individuals originating from the Czech Republic. Population and forensic parameters were estimated. Except for FGA and Penta E loci, no deviations from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were detected. A comparative analysis with published data revealed significant differences in allele frequencies for some loci from the Polish population and three Hungarian populations (Ashkenazim population and Romany populations from Debrecen and Baranya County, respectively). A combination of these 17 STR loci provides a powerful tool for forensic identification in the native Czech population.
authors: Institute of Criminalistics Prague, Police of the Czech Republic, P.O. Box 62/KUP, 17082 Praha 7, Czech Republic. yosna@centrum.cz
authors: Halina
authors: H
authors: Simková
authors: Václav
authors: V
authors: Faltus
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Marvan
authors: Tomás
authors: T
authors: Pexa
authors: Vlastimil
authors: V
authors: Stenzl
authors: Jaroslav
authors: J
authors: Broucek
authors: Ales
authors: A
authors: Horínek
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Mazura
authors: Jana
authors: J
authors: Zvárová
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences