Abstract
A sample of 265 unrelated individuals inhabiting five governorates in Upper (south)
Egypt was collected with informed consent. The samples were amplified using the AmpFℓSTR®Identifiler™PCR Amplification Kit (containing 15 loci: D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO,
D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA),
and genotyped subsequent to capillary electrophoresis. Statistical analysis of the
generated data indicated neither departure from expectation of Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium
(HWE) in most of the tested loci nor dependence of alleles between loci. All tested
loci were polymorphic; the most discriminating is D18S51 while the least is TPOX.
The combined power of exclusion was 0.99999868 and the combined match probability
was 1.93 × 10−18. The genetic diversity of the Upper Egyptians was compared with those of other populations
at the local, regional and global levels.
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Publication history
Published online: July 03, 2008
Accepted:
May 12,
2008
Received:
March 1,
2008
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