Genetic polymorphism data on 15 autosomal STR markers in a Western Romanian population sample

Andrei Anghel; Alexandra Enache; Edward Seclaman; Gheorghe Gruin; Sorin Ursoniu; Anda Alexa; Mirela Antonescu; Catalin Marian

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.04.001

Genetic polymorphism data on 15 autosomal STR markers in a Western Romanian population sample

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2014 Jul;16(4):238-40. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.04.001. Epub 2014 Apr 13.

Authors

Andrei Anghel¹, Alexandra Enache², Edward Seclaman¹, Gheorghe Gruin³, Sorin Ursoniu⁴, Anda Alexa¹, Mirela Antonescu¹, Catalin Marian⁵

Affiliations

¹ Biochemistry Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania.
² Deparment of Legal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania; Institute of Legal Medicine, Timisoara, Romania.
³ Institute of Legal Medicine, Timisoara, Romania.
⁴ Department of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania.
⁵ Biochemistry Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania. Electronic address: cmarian@umft.ro.

PMID: 24767967
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.04.001

Abstract

The allelic frequency distribution and statistical genetic parameters of forensic relevance for 15 STR loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, Penta E, Penta D, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA) in a population sample of 336 non-related individuals residing in the Western part of Romania are presented.

Keywords: Allelic frequency; Romanian population; Short tandem repeats.

MeSH terms

DNA Fingerprinting / methods*
Forensic Genetics / methods*
Gene Frequency*
Genetic Loci
Genetics, Population*
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Romania