Highlights
- •The study includes the analysis of 31 Native American tribes.
- •21 autosomal Globalfiler® STRs were used in the study.
- •Allele frequency and heterozygosity estimates were generated.
- •Probabilities of identity and paternity exclusion were reported.
Abstract
Native American population data are limited and thus impact computing accurate statistical
parameters for forensic investigations. Thus, additional information should be generated
from geographically representative tribes in North America, particularly from those
that are not included in existing population databases for forensic use. The Globafiler® PCR Amplification kit was used to produce STR genotypic data for 533 individuals
who represent 31 Native American tribal populations derived from eight geographically
diverse regions in North America. Population genetic estimates from 21 autosomal STRs
are reported.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 27, 2016
Accepted:
June 20,
2016
Received in revised form:
June 14,
2016
Received:
March 7,
2016
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