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Evaluation of two new STR loci 9q2h2 and wg3f12 in a Japanese population
M Mizutani1, X L Huang, K Tamaki
1Department of Legal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Abstract:
Two short tandem repeat (STR) loci (9q2h2 and wg3f12) have been evaluated in a Japanese population. Ten and seven different alleles were observed in 9q2h2 and wg3f12 respectively. 9q2h2 displayed simple polymorphism in tetrameric repeat structure; by contrast, wg3f12 contained variable numbers of tetrameric repeats and a 30-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism. No "interalleles" were found. The expected heterozygosities of 9q2h2 and wg3fl2 were 0.749 and 0.574, respectively. No deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was found.
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