Study of 25 X-chromosome SNPs in the Portuguese

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Vania Pereira (Author) Other; Carmen Tomas (Author) Other; Antonio Amorim (Author) FCUP; Niels Morling (Author) Other; Leonor Gusmao (Author) Other; Maria Joao Prata (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Forensic Science International: Genetics

Vol. 5

Pages: 336-338

ISSN: 1872-4973

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Other medical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-PJ2

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.10.004

Abstract (EN): 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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3