Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 212-214, June 2007

X-chromosomal polymorphism data for the ethnic minority of Polish Tatars and the religious minority of Old Believers residing in northeastern Poland

  • Witold Pepinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 85 7485948; fax: +48 85 7485985.
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  • Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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  • Malgorzata Skawronska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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  • Ewa Koc-Zorawska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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  • Jerzy Janica

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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  • Jaroslaw Berent

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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  • Ireneusz Soltyszewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Criminalistics and Forensic Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

Received 24 January 2007; accepted 27 January 2007. published online 28 February 2007.

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.

Keywords: X-chromosome STRs, NE Poland, Polish Tatars, Old Believers, Forensic genetics, Population genetics

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00044-0

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.01.007

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 212-214, June 2007

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