Autosomic STR population data in two Caribbean samples from Colombia

Forensic Sci Int. 2005 Aug 11;152(1):79-81. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.01.016.

Abstract

In this work, a sample of 124 unrelated individuals from San Andres Island and Santa Marta City (Colombia) was studied for the nine STRs included in the AmpFlSTR Profiler kit (CSF1PO, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D13S317, FGA, TH01, TPOX and vWA). Although these two populations are geographically apart, San Andres is an Island in the middle of Caribbean Sea (about 480 miles northwest the Colombian mainland) and Santa Marta City located in the coast, exact test showed no differentiation between both population samples (P=0.39445+/-0.0805). Therefore, allele frequencies and parameters of forensic interest were estimated for the global sample.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

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