Y-chromosome STR haplotypes in a population sample of the Byelorussian minority living in the northeastern Poland

Witold Pepinski; Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica; Malgorzata Skawronska; Ewa Koc-Zorawska; Jerzy Janica; Ireneusz Soltyszewski

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.003

Y-chromosome STR haplotypes in a population sample of the Byelorussian minority living in the northeastern Poland

Forensic Sci Int. 2004 Feb 10;140(1):117-21. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.003.

Authors

Witold Pepinski¹, Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica, Malgorzata Skawronska, Ewa Koc-Zorawska, Jerzy Janica, Ireneusz Soltyszewski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok 15-269, Poland. pepinski@amb.edu.pl

PMID: 15013174
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.003

Abstract

Haplotype and allele frequencies for the eight Y-STRs were determined in a population sample of 156 unrelated Byelorussian males. The most common haplotype was shared by 3.85% of the sample, while 121 haplotypes were unique. The gene diversity was 0.98.

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y*
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population*
Haplotypes*
Humans
Male
Poland
Republic of Belarus / ethnology
Tandem Repeat Sequences*