M. Sjerps et al., A DUTCH POPULATION STUDY OF THE STR LOCI HUMTHO1, HUMFES FPS, HUMVWA31/1 AND HUMF13A1, CONDUCTED FOR FORENSIC PURPOSES/, International journal of legal medicine, 108(3), 1995, pp. 127-134
We report on a Dutch population study of the STR loci HUMTHO1, HUMFES/
FPS, HUMVWA31/1, and HUMF13A1, in which we used multiplex amplificatio
n and automated fragment detection. Genotype and allele frequencies sh
owed no deviation from Hardy-Weinberg and linkage equilibrium. The imp
roved Bonferroni procedure was used to combine the results of several
tests. The power of discrimination of a complete profile exceeded 0.99
98. We compared the allele frequencies in the Dutch sample to the freq
uencies in other populations using a biplot to visualize alleles and p
opulations simultaneously. The Dutch sample was similar to most other
Caucasian samples. The data demonstrate that the genetic systems in th
is report are a valuable tool for forensic identity testing in The Net
herlands.