Allelic distribution of nine short tandem repeat (STR), HLA-DQA1, and polymarker loci in an Omani sample population

Allele frequency distributions of nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci, D3S1 358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D7S820, and D13S317, HLA-DQ A1 and polymarker (PM) loci were studied in a sample population from Sultan ate of Oman, Middle East. Blood samples were collected from 162 unrelated i ndividuals. For all STR, HLA-DQA1 and PM loci, no deviations from Hardy-Wei nberg equilibrium, based on the exact test, were observed. The most discrim inating loci were D18S51 (PD=0.966) and FGA (PD=0.964), while the least inf ormative locus is GYPA (PD=0.585). The allele frequency data may be useful in forensic case work. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights re served.