1. Northern and southern Croatian population data on seven PCR-based loci.
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Keys KM, Budowle B, Andelinovic S, Definis-Gojanovic M, Drmic I, Mladen M, and Primorac D
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- Alleles, Croatia, DNA Fingerprinting, Genetic Markers, HLA-DQ alpha-Chains, Homozygote, Humans, Likelihood Functions, Residence Characteristics, United States, White People genetics, Gene Frequency genetics, HLA-DQ Antigens genetics, Minisatellite Repeats genetics, Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Abstract
Northern and southern Croatian sample populations were typed at seven PCR-based loci -LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc, HLA-DQA1 and D1S80. The results show that all loci meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations and that there is little evidence for association of alleles between loci. Allelic frequency distributions at all loci, except HLA-DQA1, show no differences between the northern and southern Croatian sample populations. Moreover, the population data for Croatians are similar to U.S. Caucasians; only HLA-DQA1 for southern Croatians was statistically different compared with U.S. Caucasians. A Croatian population database(s) has been created and can be used for forensic analyses to estimate the frequency of a multiple locus DNA profile.
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- 1996
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