title: Allele frequencies of nine STR loci--D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, F13A01, FESFPS and vWA--in the population from Alagoas, northeastern Brazil.
abstract: The polymorphism of nine STR loci has been studied in a sample of 598 individuals from the population of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil. Determination of the allele frequencies as well as of several commonly used statistics in forensic and paternity testing were defined. The most polymorphic loci were TH01 and D7S317. The exact test demonstrated that the nine loci analyzed in the population have no deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P > 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Human Identification and Molecular Diagnosis Program, Federal University of Alagoas, 57021-090 Alagoas, Brazil. laferreirasilva@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Luiz Antonio
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ferreira da Silva
authors.forename: Beatriz Jatobá
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: Dalmo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Almeida de Azevedo
authors.forename: Eliana Neves
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Pereira da Silva
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silva dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences