Allele frequencies of 15 STRs in the Calchaqui Valleys population (North-Western Argentina)

Muñoz, A.; Albeza, M.V.; Acreche, N.; Castro, J.A.; Ramon, M.M.; Picornell, A.

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.05.002

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Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages e58-e60, January 2012

Allele frequencies of 15 STRs in the Calchaqui Valleys population (North-Western Argentina)

Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS) i Laboratori de Genètica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus de la UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Cátedra de Antropología, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Av. Bolivia 5150, 4400 Salta, Argentina

Received 7 March 2011; received in revised form 5 May 2011; accepted 7 May 2011. published online 06 June 2011.

Abstract

Allele frequencies for 15 short tandem repeat (STR) loci were obtained from a sample of 110 individuals from the Calchaqui Valleys population (North-Western Argentina). The combined power of exclusion and combined power of discriminating for the 15 tested STR loci were 0.999964 and 0.9999999999999998, respectively. Matching probability was 1 in 4.58×10(15). Therefore, it may be concluded that the set of 15 STRs included in the AmpF STR Identifiler kit, represents a powerful tool for forensic applications, paternity testing and population genetics studies in the Calchaqui Valleys population.