Genetic analysis of 13 STR loci in the population from the State of Pernambuco, northeast Brazil

Edileine Dellalibera; Michele Lucy Bezerra Havro; Marcela Souza; Kazuo Kajihara; Luiz Mauricio-da-Silva; Rosilda dos Santos Silva

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.04.005

Genetic analysis of 13 STR loci in the population from the State of Pernambuco, northeast Brazil

Forensic Sci Int. 2004 Nov 10;146(1):57-9. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.04.005.

Authors

Edileine Dellalibera¹, Michele Lucy Bezerra Havro, Marcela Souza, Kazuo Kajihara, Luiz Mauricio-da-Silva, Rosilda dos Santos Silva

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Avenue Professor Moraes Rego, S/N, Cidade Universitária, 50732-970 Recife PE, Brazil.

PMID: 15485723
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.04.005

Abstract

Allele frequencies for 13 short tandem repeats (STR) loci obtained from a sample of 546 unrelated individuals from the State of Pernambuco, northeast Brazil, were studied. This population represents a trihybrid population composed of individuals presenting an admixture of Caucasian, African, and Native American. In the present study, the distributions of the genotypes in the evaluated loci CSF1PO, TH01, TPOX, F13A1, FESFPS, vWA, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, D18S51, D21S11, D8S1179, FGA are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These loci were studied together with the Amel locus to perform the CODIS systems used in the USA. The calculated forensic parameters showed that the loci are useful for the solution of forensic problems in the Brazilian northeast region.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Brazil
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population*
Genotype
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tandem Repeat Sequences*