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Genetic variation at five STR loci in subpopulations living in Turkey

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Five short tandem repeat (STR) systems HumVWA, HumTH01, HumCD4, HumF13B and HumFES were investigated in 2 subpopulations living in Turkey (Laz Turks and Kurds). The population genetic data were compared to a Turkish population sample from the Adana area. A closer genetic relationship was found to the Laz Turks than to the Kurdish sample which was also confirmed by phylogenetic tree reconstruction with seven populations from three major ethnic groups (Caucasian, Asian and African). In contrast to the Laz and Adana populations the Kurdish sample showed relatively low heterozygosity values and deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in four of the five systems.

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine, Nagoya City University, Medical School, Kawasumi Mizuho-Ku, Nagoya 467, Japan, , , , , , JP

    M. Iwasa

  2. Institute of Legal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University, Franzosenweg 1, D-06112 Halle/Saale, Germany, , , , , , DE

    P. Wiegand

  3. Institute of Forensic Science, Laboratory of Haemogenetics, Istanbul University, 34303 Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    S. Atasoy

  4. Institute of Legal Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 86, D-48149 Münster, Germany FAX: +49 (251) 8355 158, , , , , , DE

    S. Rand, M. Schürenkamp & B. Brinkmann

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Received: 1 December 1996 / Received in revised form: 31 January 1997

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Iwasa, M., Wiegand, P., Rand, S. et al. Genetic variation at five STR loci in subpopulations living in Turkey. Int J Leg Med 110, 170–172 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050059

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