Study of 25 X-chromosome SNPs in the Portuguese

TY - JOUR

T1 - Study of 25 X-chromosome SNPs in the Portuguese

AU - Pereira, Vania

AU - Tomas Mas, Carmen

AU - Amorim, António

AU - Morling, Niels

AU - Gusmão, Leonor

AU - Prata, Maria João

N1 - Received 27 June 2010; revised 22 September 2010; accepted 5 October 2010. Available online 30 October 2010.

PY - 2011/8/1

Y1 - 2011/8/1

N2 - The importance of X-chromosome markers in individual identifications, population genetics, forensics and kinship testing is getting wide recognition. In this work, we studied the distributions of 25 X-chromosome single nucleotide polymorphisms (X-SNPs) in population samples from Northern, Central and Southern Portugal (n=305). The data were also compared with previous data from the Mediterranean area confirming a general genetic homogeneity among populations in the region. The X-SNP distribution in the three Portuguese regional samples did not show any significant substructure and the X-SNP distributions did not differ significantly from those of the majority of Mediterranean populations.

AB - The importance of X-chromosome markers in individual identifications, population genetics, forensics and kinship testing is getting wide recognition. In this work, we studied the distributions of 25 X-chromosome single nucleotide polymorphisms (X-SNPs) in population samples from Northern, Central and Southern Portugal (n=305). The data were also compared with previous data from the Mediterranean area confirming a general genetic homogeneity among populations in the region. The X-SNP distribution in the three Portuguese regional samples did not show any significant substructure and the X-SNP distributions did not differ significantly from those of the majority of Mediterranean populations.

U2 - 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.10.004

DO - 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.10.004

M3 - Letter

C2 - 21036684

SN - 1872-4973

VL - 5

SP - 336

EP - 338

JO - Forensic Science International: Genetics

JF - Forensic Science International: Genetics

IS - 4

ER -