Abstract
We have applied a recently described X-STRs decaplex to characterize four population
groups of the Iberian Peninsula, including two well mixed populations and two relatively
isolated ones from Northern Spain, in order to get a better insight about the characteristics
of X-STRs in those population types between-population differences in allelic frequencies
were relatively small. Nevertheless, Fst values were between 0.2 and 2.7%, figures
higher than usually reported for autosomic STRs. This result suggests that when forensic
cases originate from relatively isolated groups in western Europe, and a specific
reference database is not available, it is probably safe to include a Fst-based correction
in the calculations of matching or kinship probabilities.
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Publication history
Published online: November 19, 2008
Accepted:
October 2,
2008
Received in revised form:
September 21,
2008
Received:
August 3,
2008
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