Journal Published Online: 01 March 2000
Volume 45, Issue 2

Population Frequency for the Short Tandem Repeat Loci D18S849, D3S1744, and D12S1090 in Caucasian-Mestizo and African Descent Populations of Colombia

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Blood samples from 489 unrelated Caucasian Mestizo and 252 individuals of African descent in Colombia were amplified and typed for three short tandem repeat (STR) markers (D12S1090, D3S1744, and D18S849). All markers conformed to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium expectations in both populations studied. In addition, heterozygosity, mean exclusion chance, polymorphism information content, discrimination power, and the assumption of independence within and between loci were determined. The mean exclusion chance for all three STR markers is 0.9750 in the Caucasian Mestizo population and 0.9731 in the African Colombian Population. The discrimination power is 0.999925 and 0.999911 in the Caucasian Mestizo and African Colombian respectively.

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Yunis, JJ
Servicios Medicos Yunis Turbay y Cia, Colombia Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
Garcia, O
Area de Laboratorio Ertzaintza, Bilbao, Spain
Baena, A
Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
Arboleda, G
Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
Uriarte, I
Area de Laboratorio Ertzaintza, Bilbao, Spain
Yunis, E
Servicios Medicos Yunis Turbay y Cia, Colombia
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Stock #: JFS14699J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14699J