HUMFIBRA allele distribution in northern Poland using capillary electrophoresis

Amplification products of the HUMFIBRA locus were analysed in a population from Northern Poland using capillary electrophoresis. The most frequent all eles were 21, 22 and 20 with a frequencies of 0.201, 0.179 and 0.167 respec tively, and five rare variants were observed with frequencies less than 0.0 15. A homogeneous allele distribution was found between Polish and Dutch po pulations and significant differences between Poles and Italians. The high discrimination power (0.963), polymorphic information content (0.849) and h eterozygosity confirm the usefulness of HUMFIBRA locus for forensic identif ication purposes. The application of capillary electrophoresis offers the p ossibility of precise identification of rare variants.