ALLELE POLYMORPHISM OF TETRANUCLEOTIDE TANDEM REPEAT SE33 AMONG THE UDEGE PEOPLE AND 2 URBAN POPULATIONS OF RUSSIA

The allele polymorphism of the SE33 tetranucleotide microsatellite rep eat (locus ACTBP2) was analyzed in the Udege, Moscow, and Tomsk popula tions. PCR revealed 21 alleles of 246-326 nt. No significant differenc es in allele frequency distribution were found in the three population s. Genotype frequencies were shown to obey the Hardy-Weinberg equilibr ium. Family analysis (two cases) demonstrated Mendelian inheritance of the alleles. The heterozygosity (0.830-0.875), the polymorphism infor mation content (0.874-0.887), and the power of discrimination (0.991-0 .992) showed that this locus can be used for personal identification a nd paternity tests.