Typing of eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a Saudi Arabian population

S Sinha; M Amjad; C Rogers; J E Hamby; U A Tahir; K Balamurugan; N A al-Kubaidan; A R Choudhry; B Budowle; M A Tahir

doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(99)00107-3

Typing of eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a Saudi Arabian population

Forensic Sci Int. 1999 Oct 11;104(2-3):143-6. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(99)00107-3.

Authors

S Sinha¹, M Amjad, C Rogers, J E Hamby, U A Tahir, K Balamurugan, N A al-Kubaidan, A R Choudhry, B Budowle, M A Tahir

Affiliation

¹ ReliaGene Technologies, Inc., New Orleans, LA, USA.

PMID: 10581720
DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(99)00107-3

Abstract

Allele frequency data for eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci, HUMF13A01, HUMFESFPS, HUMF13B, HUMLPL, HUMCSF1PO, HUMTPOX, HUMTHO1 and HUMvWA, were obtained for unrelated individuals in a Saudi Arabian population. All loci, except F13B (P = 0.037) and LPL (P = 0.035), meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations, based on the exact test. The most informative locus is HUMvWA (PD = 0.936) and the least discriminating is the HUMTPOX locus (PD = 0.820). There was only one observation of a departure from expectation from pairwise locus comparisons. These data can be used for estimating the frequency of STR profiles in a Saudi Arabian population.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alleles
DNA / genetics
Gene Frequency
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Saudi Arabia
Tandem Repeat Sequences / genetics*

Substances

DNA