Population data of 21 autosomal STR loci in the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba people of Nigeria

Victoria O Okolie; Selena Cisana; Moses S Schanfield; Khalid O Adekoya; Olufemi A Oyedeji; Daniele Podini

doi:10.1007/s00414-017-1722-3

Population data of 21 autosomal STR loci in the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba people of Nigeria

Int J Legal Med. 2018 May;132(3):735-737. doi: 10.1007/s00414-017-1722-3. Epub 2017 Nov 4.

Authors

Victoria O Okolie¹, Selena Cisana², Moses S Schanfield², Khalid O Adekoya³, Olufemi A Oyedeji⁴, Daniele Podini²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. ogomokolie@yahoo.com.
² Department of Forensic Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁴ Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

PMID: 29103098
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1722-3

Abstract

The three major ethnic groups of Nigerian population namely the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba make up 29, 21 and 18% of the total population, respectively. To provide genetic information necessary for forensic analysis, this study was carried out to determine STR allele frequencies in 102 Hausa, 128 Igbo and 134 Yoruba individuals in Nigeria using 21 STR loci including the 20 CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) loci plus SE33.

Keywords: Allele frequencies; Gene diversity; PE; STR.

MeSH terms

DNA Fingerprinting
Ethnicity / genetics*
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population*
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats*
Nigeria / ethnology