Allele distribution of 15 STR loci used for human identity purposes in the Greek Cypriot population of the island of Cyprus

Marios A Cariolou; Panayiotis Manoli; Nafsika Demetriou; Evy Bashiardes; Alexandros Karagrigoriou; Bruce Budowle

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.10.002

Allele distribution of 15 STR loci used for human identity purposes in the Greek Cypriot population of the island of Cyprus

Forensic Sci Int. 2006 Dec 1;164(1):75-8. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.10.002. Epub 2005 Nov 17.

Authors

Marios A Cariolou¹, Panayiotis Manoli, Nafsika Demetriou, Evy Bashiardes, Alexandros Karagrigoriou, Bruce Budowle

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Forensic Genetics & Molecular Genetics Department B, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Airport Av. No. 6, 2370 Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus. [email protected] <[email protected]>

PMID: 16298097
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.10.002

Abstract

Allele frequencies for 15 STRs (D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, THO1, Penta E, D16S539, CSF1PO, Penta D and TPOX) in the PowerPlex-16 System (Promega Corporation) were derived from a sample of 1475 unrelated Greek Cypriot individuals from the island of Cyprus.

MeSH terms

Cyprus
DNA Fingerprinting
Ethnicity / genetics
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population*
Humans
Tandem Repeat Sequences*