Abstract
Allelic frequencies of 48 informative insert-delete (INDEL) loci were obtained from
a sample set of 130 unrelated individuals living in Macapá, a city located in the
northern Amazon region, in Brazil. The values of heterozygosity (H), polymorphic information content (PIC), power of discrimination (PD), power of exclusion (PE), matching probability (MP) and typical paternity index (TPI) were calculated and showed the forensic efficiency of these genetic markers. Based
on the allele frequency obtained for the population of Macapá, we estimated an interethnic
admixture for the three parental groups (European, Native American and African) of,
respectively, 50%, 21% and 29%. Comparing these allele frequencies with those of other
Brazilian populations and the parental populations, statistically significant distances
were found. The interpopulation genetic distance (FST coefficients) to the present database ranged from FST = 0.0431 (p < 0.00001) between Macapá and Belém to FST = 0.266 (p < 0.00001) between Macapá and the Native American group.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 03, 2011
Accepted:
April 2,
2011
Received in revised form:
February 22,
2011
Received:
October 8,
2010
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