Expanding the Swiss autosomal marker set to 32 STRs

Martin Zieger; Alexandre Gouy; Silvia Utz

doi:10.1007/s00414-021-02624-w

Expanding the Swiss autosomal marker set to 32 STRs

Int J Legal Med. 2021 Nov;135(6):2309-2310. doi: 10.1007/s00414-021-02624-w. Epub 2021 Jun 18.

Authors

Martin Zieger¹, Alexandre Gouy², Silvia Utz³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Molecular Biology Department, University of Bern, Sulgenauweg 40, 3007, Bern, Switzerland. Martin.Zieger@irm.unibe.ch.
² Gouy Data Consulting, Sentier de Renges 4A, 1026, Denges, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Molecular Biology Department, University of Bern, Sulgenauweg 40, 3007, Bern, Switzerland.

Abstract

By genotyping 1198 individuals with the Qiagen Investigator® HDplex Kit, we expand the Swiss autosomal STR dataset to 32 loci, providing additional resources for complex kinship cases. We present the first high-quality allele frequency dataset for loci D2S1360, D5S2500, D7S1517, and D10S2325 that will be accessible through the ENFSI reference database STRidER. For loci D3S1744, D4S2366, D6S474, D8S1132, and D21S2055, we provide a first European STRidER dataset.

Keywords: Investigator HDplex; Kinship; Population data; STR; Switzerland.

MeSH terms

Biomarkers
DNA Fingerprinting*
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population*
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats
Switzerland

Substances

Biomarkers