Abstract
Allele frequencies for six tetrameric short tandem repeat (STR) loci CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D3S1358, VWA, and FGA were determined in a Black African sample population from Zimbabwe. All loci are highly polymorphic and meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations. An inter-class correlation test analysis detected only one departure from independence out of 15 pair-wise comparisons of the six loci (i.e., CSF1PO/VWA loci, P = 0.026). The allele frequency data at four of the six STR loci in the Black African sample population are similar to African American data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-221 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Forensic Science International |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Dec 1997 |
Keywords
- Hardy-Weinberg expectations
- Linkage equilibrium
- PCR
- Population databases
- STR
- Zimbabwe