Abstract
Allele frequencies and population statistics of 15 forensically-important STR loci were estimated for seven populations residing in the State of Kuwait. The populations were: Saudi Arabian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Iranian, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, and Indian. All loci were highly polymorphic. After correction, only one locus in one population sample (Saudi Arabian) showed departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The populations cluster (MDS Plot) generally with geographic distance and substructure effects for even these seven diverse populations is Fst < 0.01.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e106-e107 |
Journal | Forensic Science International: Genetics |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2013 |
Keywords
- Genotyping
- Kuwait
- Population data
- Short tandem repeats