The Upper Silesia (Poland) population and forensic usefulness of 15 autosomal STR loci

Allele frequencies, forensic parameters for the 15 STR loci in the AmpFlSTR^® Identifiler Kit (Applied Biosystems), D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D19S433, VWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA were determined in a sample of 150 unrelated dead and alive adults from the Upper Silesia region (Poland). The values of heterozygosity (Ht), polymorphic information content (PIC), power of discrimination (PD), matching probability (PM), mean exclusion chance (MEC) and mean exclusion probability (MEP) were calculated. Possible divergence from HWE was determined. Comparison of allele frequencies for examined STR loci between the Upper Silesia population and other Polish populations was carried out.