Abstract
Allele frequencies and statistical parameters of forensic interest are presented for
11 autosomal microsatellites (CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, D16S539, D13S317, D7S820, F13A,
F13B, FESFPS, vWA and LPL) of four ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. A total of 513 unrelated
individuals from Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamil, Indian Tamil and Sri Lankan Moor population
groups were included. Sri Lanka is an island with a multi-ethnic population whose
genetic composition has not been previously studied at the ethnic group level. All
the 11 microsatellites were found to be highly polymorphic, with the combined power
of exclusion being greater than 0.99999, in all four ethnic groups. Overall data analysis
suggests that a single combined genetic database could be used for genetic-based identification
purposes for the four ethnic groups.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 01, 2008
Accepted:
October 11,
2008
Received in revised form:
August 30,
2008
Received:
February 7,
2008
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