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Populations of white Caucasians, Afro-Caribbeans and Asians residing within the UK have been analysed at 4 different hypervariable loci. A computerised system was used to store and to analyse the data. Simulation experiments were carried out in order to determine whether there was any evidence for population stratification, which would lead to non-independence of allelic distributions.
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Populationen weißer Europäer von “Afro-Caribbeans” und von Asiaten, welche in Großbritanien leben, wurden an 4 unterschiedlichen hypervariablen Loci untersucht. Ein computerisiertes System wurde benutzt, um die Daten zu lagern und zu analysieren. Simulationsexperimente wurden durchgeführt, um zu bestimmen, ob irgendein Beweis für Populations-Schichtung besteht; ein Befund, welcher auf fehlende Unabhängigkeit der Allelverteilung schließen lassen würde.
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Gill, P., Woodroffe, S., Lygo, J.E. et al. Population genetics of four hypervariable loci. Int J Leg Med 104, 221–227 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01369811
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