PORTUGUESE POPULATION-DATA ON THE 6 SHORT TANDEM REPEAT LOCI - CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D3S1358, VWA AND FGA

Allele frequencies for six tetrameric short tandem repeat (STR) loci C SF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D3S1358,VWA and FGA were determined in a Caucasian population sample from Portugal. All loci are highly polymorphic and m eet Hardy-Weinberg expectations. There is little evidence for associat ion of alleles among the six loci. The three loci D3S1358, VWA and FGA are more polymorphic and, hence, are more informative than the loci C SF1PO, TPOX, and THO1. However, all six loci would be useful for human identification applications. The STR allelic frequency data are simil ar to other Caucasian data.