title: Genetic variation at nine STR loci in populations from the Philippines and Thailand living in Taiwan.
abstract: In order to apply a set of nine STR loci and the amelogenin locus in forensic testing, we have performed a population study on individuals from the Philippines and Thailand living in Taiwan (273 Philippine and 146 Thai individuals were typed by commercially available kits and an automated sequencer). A total of 73 alleles for all systems for both populations could be observed in these two populations. No new intermediate fragments were found. Allele frequencies showed no deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The mean exclusion power (MEP) ranged from 0.327 (TPOX) to 0.706 (FGA), the discriminating power (DP) ranged from 0.790 (TPOX) to 0.963 (FGA) for Philippinos, MEP ranged from 0.247 (TPOX) to 0.723 (FGA), DP ranged from 0.761 (TPOX) to 0.968 (FGA) for Thais, the combined MEP is > 0.9988 and the combined DP is > 0.9999999993 for both Philippinos and Thais.
authors.affiliation: Scientific and Technical Research Center, Ministry Justice Investigation Bureau, Hsin-Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan. pu4431@ms14.hinet.net
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013624:Taiwan; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic