2 NOVEL ALLELES OF THE ATCT VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT LOCUS VWF.VNTR-I IN INTRON-40 OF THE VON-WILLEBRAND-FACTOR GENE

Two new alleles, allele 9 and allele 15, of the ATCT variable number t andem repeat locus, VWF.VNTR I, of intron 40 of the von Willebrand fac tor (VWF) gene are described. Both alleles occurred in low frequencies , being detected in only two and one of 285 random Australian Caucasia ns respectively. In all, 10 alleles were observed representing between six and 15 repeats of the ATCT motif. The allele frequency distributi on in this Australian population was similar to other VWF.VNTR I popul ation studies. The additional alleles described here for the VWF.VNTR I further enhance the usefulness of this VNTR locus in human identific ation work.