Table 1.

Heterozygosity (HT) Values and Allele Numbers of the 15 Intragenic STRs in the Dystrophin Gene

Markers (STRs)	HT found in this study	HT reported by others	Allele number identified in this study	Allele number reported by others*
DXS1242	0.79	0.63*	15	8
DXS1243	0.43	0.57*	7	10
5′-5n3	0.80	0.7616,17	13	9
5′-5n4	0.81	Not reported (PIC 0.64)17	13	8
STR07A	0.62	0.68*	8	12
5′-7n4	0.54	Not reported (PIC 0.52)17	5	4
DXS1238	0.84	0.85*	15	12
IVS44SK21	0.80	0.8418	12	10
DXS1237	0.84	0.87*	15	13
DXS997	0.75	0.65*	7	4
DXS1236	0.83	0.91*	19	19
DXS1235	0.70	0.70*	14	6
DXS1241	0.40	0.51*	6	5
DXS1214	0.83	0.79*	10	7
DXS992	0.71	0.87*	9	11

^*Leiden Muscular Dystrophy page (http://www.dmd.nl). 

PIC, polymorphism information content.