Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 354-355, August 2011
Allele frequencies of six non-CODIS miniSTR loci (D1S1627, D3S4529, D5S2500, D6S1017, D8S1115 and D9S2157) in three South African populations
Abstract
The allele frequency of six non-CODIS miniSTR loci: D1S1627, D3S4529, D5S2500, D6S1017, D8S1115 and D9S2157 were investigated in three South African populations (Afrikaner, Asian Indian and Mixed Ancestry). Deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was observed in the Mixed Ancestry population for the locus D9S2157. All loci showed a moderate degree of polymorphism with heterozygosity values >0.6 for all populations. The combined power of discrimination was: 0.999997723, 0.999997163 and 0.99999961 for Afrikaner, Asian Indian and Mixed Ancestry populations, respectively. The respective values for the combined power of exclusion in these populations were: 0.99, 0.99 and 0.98.
Keywords: Allele frequencies, MiniSTR, DNA typing, Population data, South Africa
PII: S1872-4973(10)00027-X
doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.01.019
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Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 354-355, August 2011
