ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 17 August 2005
Page Count: 6

Polymorphism at 15 Short Tandem Repeat AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler™ Loci in Three Aboriginal Populations of India: An Assessment in Human Identification
Banerjee, J
National DNA Analysis Centre,

Trivedi, R
National DNA Analysis Centre,

Kashyap, VK
National DNA Analysis Centre,

(Received 12 March 2005; accepted 23 April 2005)

Abstract

STR polymorphisms have proven to be extremely useful in population genetics studies and human identification. The fifteen analysed STR loci were tetra-nucleotide repeats: D5S818, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, THO1, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51.

Keywords:
forensic science, AmpFlSTR® Identifiler™, short tandem repeat (STR), Munda, Santal, Oraon, Chotanagpur Plateau, population genetics, DNA typing, D5S818, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, THO1, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51

Paper ID: JFS2005151
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2005151
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