Regional Italian allele frequencies at nine short tandem repeat loci

R Biondo; A Spinella; P Montagna; P S Walsh; C Holt; B Budowle

doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(00)00318-2

Regional Italian allele frequencies at nine short tandem repeat loci

Forensic Sci Int. 2001 Jan 1;115(1-2):95-8. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(00)00318-2.

Authors

R Biondo¹, A Spinella, P Montagna, P S Walsh, C Holt, B Budowle

Affiliation

¹ Italian National Police, Forensic Science Service, Division III, DNA Unit, Viale dell'Aeronautica, 7 00144 Rome, Italy. renatdna@tiscalinet.it

PMID: 11056274
DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(00)00318-2

Abstract

An Italian population study was performed on the loci D3S1358, vWA, FGA, TH01, TPOX, CSF1PO, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820 and a portion of the X-Y homologous gene Amelogenin for gender determination using the AmpFlSTR Profiler kit (PE Biosystems, Foster city, CA). This study was done on a population of 618 unrelated Italian individuals from 18 regions in Italy (except for Valle d'Aosta and Sardinia) to determine allele frequencies for each STR locus, and to evaluate STR technology for developing an Italian Offender DNA database.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Alleles
Amelogenin
DNA Fingerprinting / methods*
Databases, Factual
Dental Enamel Proteins / genetics*
Gene Frequency / genetics*
Homozygote
Humans
Italy
Minisatellite Repeats / genetics*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Sex Determination Analysis
X Chromosome / genetics
Y Chromosome / genetics

Substances

Amelogenin
Dental Enamel Proteins