Typing of eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a Saudi Arabian population

Authors
Sinha, S Amjad, M Rogers, C Hamby, JE Tahir, UA Balamurugan, K Al-Kubaidan, NA Choudhry, AR Budowle, B Tahir, MA
Citation
S. Sinha et al., Typing of eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a Saudi Arabian population, FOREN SCI I, 104(2-3), 1999, pp. 143-146
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
03790738 → ACNP
Volume
104
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
143 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(19991011)104:2-3<143:TOESTR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Allele frequency data for eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci, HUMF13A01, HUMFESFPS, HUMF13B, HUMLPL, HUMCSF1PO, HUMTPOX, HUMTHO1 acid HUMvWA, were o btained for unrelated individuals in a Saudi Arabian population. All loci, except F13B (P = 0.037) and LPL (P = 0.035), meet Hardy-Weinberg expectatio ns, based on the exact test. The most informative locus is HUMvWA (PD = 0.9 36) and the least discriminating is the HUMTPOX locus (PD = 0.820). There w as only one observation of a departure from expectation from pairwise locus comparisons. These data can be used for estimating the frequency of STR pr ofiles in a Saudi Arabian population. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd . All rights reserved.