CODIS STR loci data from 41 sample populations

Allele distributions for 12 or 13 CODIS core tetrameric short tandem repeat (STR) loci CSF1PO, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18 S51. D21S11,FGA, TH01,TPOX, and vWA were determined in 41 population data s ets. The major population groups comprise African Americans, U.S. Caucasian s, Hispanics, Far East Asians, and Native Americans. There was little evide nce for departures from Hardy-Weinberg expectations (HWE) in any of the pop ulations. The F-ST estimates over all thirteen STR loci are 0.0006 for Afri can Americans, -0.0005 for Caucasians, 0.0021 for Hispanics, 0.0039 for Asi ans, and 0.0282 for Native Americans.