Abstract
This study analyzes the allelic frequency distribution of 17 STRs contained in the
AmpFlSTR Identifiler (Applied Biosystems) and PowerPlex16 System (Promega) commercial kits
for two large population samples from the Azores archipelago (Portugal) (N = 475) and from Central Portugal (N = 2125). Likewise, it includes a comparative study among the population groups analyzed
in this paper and those which history points out as originating from the first settlers
of the Azores.
All loci were highly polymorphic. The Central Portuguese area and the Azores archipelago
population samples are in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium for the 17 markers analyzed.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 20, 2009
Accepted:
December 2,
2008
Received in revised form:
October 13,
2008
Received:
June 13,
2008
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