NORTH ITALIAN POPULATION GENETIC DATA ON THE STR SYSTEM HUMFGA

Frequency data for the STR system HumFGA were obtained from a North It alian population sample (Milano area) of 201 unrelated individuals. PC R products were detected by horizontal polyacrylamide gel electrophore sis and a total of 15 alleles were identified by side-by-side comparis on with a commercially available sequenced allelic ladder. The observe d genotype distribution showed no significant deviation from Hardy-Wei nberg equilibrium. The high information content (discrimination power > 0.96. polymorphism information content > 0.84) render this system a useful tool in forensic routine casework both in criminal and paternit y cases.