Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages e83-e85, May 2012

Autosomal STR allele frequencies for the CODIS system from a large random population sample in Chile

  • Francisco Melo

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
    • TAAG Genetics S.A., Av. Andrés Bello 1245 of. 805, Tower B, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Alameda 340. Facultad de Ciencias, Santiago, RM, Chile Tel.: +56 2 686 2663; fax: +56 2 222 5515.

Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile

TAAG Genetics S.A., Av. Andrés Bello 1245 of. 805, Tower B, Santiago, Chile

Received 7 September 2010 published online 03 August 2011.

Abstract 

The thirteen autosomal STR loci of the CODIS system were typed from DNA of 732 unrelated male individuals sampled from different locations in Chile. This is the first report of allele frequencies for the thirteen STRs loci defined in the CODIS system from the Chilean population.

Keywords: vWA, D7S820, CSF1PO, FGA, D18S51, D3S1358, D16S539, TPOX, D13S317, D8S1179, D21S11, TH01, D5S818, Short tandem repeat population data, Combined DNA index system, Chilean population

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PII: S1872-4973(11)00137-2

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.07.002

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages e83-e85, May 2012