Population data on 25 autosomal STRs for 500 unrelated Kuwaitis

Allele frequencies of 20 autosomal STR in the population from Rio Grande do Sul Southern Brazil

“…When genetic mutations occur between parents and progeny, by addition or deletion of repeating units in the regions of occurrence of STR, the occurrence of null alleles or even single-parent paternity cases, increasing the number of genetic markers, can also assist in solving cases of paternity/maternity or any genetic link type [2].…”

“…Allelic frequencies for twelve loci in Rio Grande do Sul (Southern Brazil) population were compared with other population samples: Three ethnic groups of São Paulo, Brazil (n = 708) [10]: European-derived (n = 312), African-derived (n = 337), and Asian-derived (n = 59); Belgium (n = 198) [11]; Kuwait (n = 500) [2] and four U.S. population samples (n = 1036) [12]: African American (n = 342), Caucasian (n = 361), Hispanic, (n = 236), and Asian (n = 97). Based on genotypic frequencies of twelve STRs (CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, vWA, F13A01, FES/FPS, F13B, LPL, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317 and D5S818) to which data are available [2,10,11,12] [2,12,13].…”

“…Based on genotypic frequencies of twelve STRs (CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, vWA, F13A01, FES/FPS, F13B, LPL, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317 and D5S818) to which data are available [2,10,11,12] [2,12,13]. In conclusion, combining those two human identification systems (PP16 and CS7) in a complementary manner could be a powerful auxiliary tool for forensic identification and paternity testing, especially to assist in solving complex cases like paternity cases with mutations, single-parent paternity cases and family reconstructions that cannot be sufficiently resolved with STR kits used routinely in a forensic lab.…”