title: Analysis of the CODIS autosomal STR loci in four main Colombian regions.
abstract: Genotype polymorphism studies at the 13 loci STRs included in the combined DNA index system [CODIS and PCR-based short tandem repeat loci, in: Proceedings of the Second European Symposium on Human Identification, Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, 1998, pp. 73-88; J. Forensic Sci. 46 (2001) 453] (CODIS: D3S1358, HUMvWA31, HUMFGA, D8S1179 D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, HUMTH01, HUMTPOX, HUMCSF1PO and D16S539) were carried out in a sample of 1429 unrelated Colombian individuals belonging to 25 different departments. As many other countries in Latino-America, Colombia shows an important admixture component, basically integrated by Amerindians, European-descendants and African-descendants. Due to the fact that only partial population analyses have been carried out in the country, the main aim of the present analysis is to establish a database of forensic interest based on the widely used CODIS systems covering the main Colombian regions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de ADN, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses de Colombia, Calle 7-A Nro 12-61 piso 3, Bogotá, Colombia. mparedes@rocketmail.com
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galindo
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.forename: Magner
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rincón
authors.forename: Rosa Elena
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Mayda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: Janeth
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Dayana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cifuentes
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carracedo
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences