The Upper Silesia (Poland) population and forensic 11 autosomal STR

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a b s t r a c t
Allele frequencies, forensic parameters for the 11 STR loci in GenePrint STR Systems—Silver Stain Detection
(Promega): CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, F13A01, FESFPS, VWA, F13B, LPL were
determined in a sample of 529–1436 unrelated, dead and alive adults from the Upper Silesia region
(Poland). Furthermore, gender identification was carried out. The values of heterozygosity (Ht), polymorphic
information content (PIC), power of discrimination (PD), matching probability (PM), mean exclusion
chance (MEC) andmeanexclusion probability (MEP) were calculated using Dudek’s computer programme
(FatRec, High Technical School of Cz?estochowa, Poland).Apossible divergence fromHWEwas determined
by 2 and exact tests using Miller’s computer programme (TFPGA, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
USA). Comparison of allele frequencies between the Upper Silesia population and other Polish populations
was performed with Carmody’s test.