Characteristics of populations of the Russian Federation over the panel of fifteen loci Used for DNA identification and in forensic medical examination.
Stepanov, V.A., Balanovsky, O.P, Melnikov, A.V., Lash-Zavada, A.Y., Khar’kov, V.N., Tyazhelova, T.V. Akhmetova, V.L., Zhukova, O.V., Shneider, Y.V., Shil’nikova, I.N., Borinskaya, S.A., Marusin, A.V., Spiridonova, M.G., Simonova, K.V., Khitrinskaya, I.Y., Radzhabov, M.O., Romanov, A.G., Shtygasheva, O.V., Koshel, S.M., Balanovskaya, E.V., Rybakova, A.V., Khusnutdinova, E.K., Puzyrev, V.P. and Yankovsky, N.K.
Notes: The authors determined the degree of polymorphism and population diversity of STR loci in 1,156 Russian individuals using the PowerPlex® 16 System. They examined populations of six cities and 11 ethnic groups in the Russian Federation and reported the levels of intra- and interpopulation genetic differentiation and genetic relations between populations. There were significant differences between Russian populations and the U.S. reference database that was used in forensic medical examinations in Russia. The authors created a database of allele frequencies for 15 STR loci in Russian populations for DNA identification and forensic medical examination. (4150)
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