title: Allelic distribution of nine short tandem repeat (STR), HLA-DQA1, and polymarker loci in an Omani sample population.
abstract: Allele frequency distributions of nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci, D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D7S820, and D13S317, HLA-DQA1 and polymarker (PM) loci were studied in a sample population from Sultanate of Oman, Middle East. Blood samples were collected from 162 unrelated individuals. For all STR, HLA-DQA1 and PM loci, no deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, based on the exact test, were observed. The most discriminating loci were D18S51 (PD=0.966) and FGA (PD=0.964), while the least informative locus is GYPA (PD=0.585). The allele frequency data may be useful in forensic case work.
authors.affiliation: Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency, 40 S. Alabama Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balamurugan
authors.forename: U A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amjad
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Awin
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hamby
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Budowle
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Herrera
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D009850:Oman; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen