Abstract
Karamoja is a region located in the northeast edge of Uganda where it borders Kenya
and Sudan. The majority of inhabitants of this region belong to Karimojong ethnic
groups. In this work, we present allele frequencies for 15 STRs included in the AmpF/STR
Identifiler kit (CSF1PO, D2S1338, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539,
D18S51, D19S433, D21S11, FGA, TH01, TPO and VWA) in 218 unrelated individuals from
Karamoja region. Observed genotype distributions for each locus do not show deviations
from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium expectations. When comparing allele frequencies, for
each locus, with other five African samples (Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Cabinda
(Angola), Rwanda and Tanzania) the only population that did not show significant differences
with Karamoja (Uganda) was Rwanda.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 28, 2008
Accepted:
June 13,
2008
Received:
April 30,
2008
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© 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
