ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Italian Population Data on the Polymarker System and on the Five Short Tandem Repeat Loci CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, F13B, and vWA
Virgili, A
Servizio Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche,

Budowle, B
Program manager for DNA Research, Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Academy, VA

Vecchio, C
Servizio Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche,

Zanon, C
Servizio Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche,

Lago, G
Servizio Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche,

Albonici, L
Professor of pathology and researcher, University of Rome,

Garofano, L
Servizio Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche,

Pizzamiglio, M
Servizio Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche,

Manzari, V
Professor of pathology and researcher, University of Rome,

(Received 14 May 1997; accepted 5 November 1997)

Abstract

A population study on five short tandem repeat (STR) loci and five sequence specific polymorphism loci was performed on unrelated Italian Caucasians. Separation and detection of the amplified STR fragments were carried out by high resolution vertical denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and silver staining, respectively. The sequence specific loci were analyzed using the AmpliType PM Typing Kit (Perkin Elmer, Foster City, CA). All loci, except Gc (p = 0.031), meet Hardy-Wienberg expectations. In addition, there is no evidence for association of alleles between pairs of loci. The combined power of discrimination for the five STR loci is 0.9999862 and for the PM loci is 0.99503. The results suggest that these loci may be useful for human identification cases in Italy.

Keywords:
forensic science, population genetics, DNA typing, HumvWA31, HumF13B, HumTH01, HumTPOX, HumCSF1PO, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc, Italy

Paper ID: JFS14315J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14315J
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