SOUTH PORTUGUESE POPULATION-DATA ON THE LOCI HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8 AND GC

Five South Portuguese Caucasian subpopulations were analyzed for the H LA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8 and Cc loci. Genotype distributions fo r these loci did not deviate from Hardy-Weinberg expectations. The all ele and genotype frequencies found have been compared with previously published data from North and Central Portugal. A total of 11 out of 1 38 chi-square comparisons of allele frequencies between different Port uguese populations showed a certain degree of divergence. Alentejo, Al garve, Madeira Island and Azores Islands populations might be consider ed as different groups in a database. For forensic casework, a composi te South Portuguese Caucasian population database was obtained for est imating multiple locus profile frequencies using the six PCR-based loc i studied.