Objectives: To investigate the genetic information of 30 insertion/deletion （InDel） loci in Han population from Jiangsu Province, and to explore the application values of Investigator® DIPplex kit for guiding the forensic analysis in Han population from Jiangsu Province.
Methods: The autosomal InDel loci of 305 unrelated healthy Han individuals from Jiangsu Province were genotyped and analysed by Investigator® DIPplex kit, and the allelic frequencies and forensic parameters of 30 InDel loci were statistically analysed.
Results: The distribution of 30 InDel loci in Han population from Jiangsu Province conformed to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The minor allele frequencies of 21 InDel loci were above 0.3. The polymorphism information content ranged from 0.089 to 0.375, while the discrimination power distributed from 0.093 to 0.500. The paternity exclusion in duo cases and trio cases were 0.047-0.250 and 0.046-0.219, respectively. The linkage disequilibrium analysis of 30 InDel loci showed that all loci were independent from each other. The combined discrimination power was 1-7.369×10⁻⁸, whereas the combined mean exclusion chance in duo cases was 0.998 933 978, in trio cases was 0.997 806 392. The Fst values were all less than 0.06 except HLD118 and other four loci, which showed small differences between groups.
Conclusions: The InDel loci of Investigator® DIPplex kit can be used as complementary genetic markers for the cases associated with forensic genetics.
Keywords: Han nationality; Investigator® DIPplex kit; Jiangsu; forensic genetics; insertion/deletion; polymorphism, genetic.
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