Forensic evaluation of 13 STR loci in the Roma population (Gypsies) of Greece

Panagiotis Deligiannidis; Costas Triantaphyllidis; Dimitris Psaroulis; Anastasia Kouvatsi

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.021

Forensic evaluation of 13 STR loci in the Roma population (Gypsies) of Greece

Forensic Sci Int. 2006 Mar 10;157(2-3):198-200. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.021. Epub 2005 Jun 4.

Authors

Panagiotis Deligiannidis¹, Costas Triantaphyllidis, Dimitris Psaroulis, Anastasia Kouvatsi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 15936910
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.021

Abstract

Allele frequencies have been calculated in 13 STR loci in a Roma (Gypsy) population sample from Greece. The data can be used in forensic cases. The comparison of the allele frequencies between the Roma and the Greeks showed significant differences for the majority of the loci. Furthermore comparison to another Romany population sample was performed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

DNA Fingerprinting
Ethnicity / genetics*
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population*
Greece
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tandem Repeat Sequences*