title: Zimbabwe black population data on the six short tandem repeat loci--CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D3S1358, VWA and FGA.
abstract: Allele frequencies for six tetrameric short tandem repeat (STR) loci CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D3S1358, VWA, and FGA were determined in a Black African sample population from Zimbabwe. All loci are highly polymorphic and meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations. An inter-class correlation test analysis detected only one departure from independence out of 15 pair-wise comparisons of the six loci (i.e., CSF1PO/VWA loci, P = 0.026). The allele frequency data at four of the six STR loci in the Black African sample population are similar to African American data.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia 22135, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Budowle
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Nhari
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kanoyangwa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masuka
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Defenbaugh
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Smerick
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D014481:United States; D015030:Zimbabwe; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA