Analysis of STR loci in Cartagena, a Caribbean city of Colombia.
Allele frequencies, together with some parameters of forensic interest were estimated for nine STRs included in the AmpF/STR Profiler kit (CSF1PO, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D13S317, FGA, TH01, TPOX and vWA) in a sample of 215 unrelated individuals from Cartagena (Colombia). For all loci, no significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were observed. Comparative analysis results between our data and those from other Colombian and African population samples revealed significant differences, except with two Colombian Caribbean Coast sub-regions.
Martínez
Beatriz
B
Instituto de Investigaciones Inmunológicas de la Universidad de Cartagena, San Diego, Calle de la Tablada, Cartagena, Colombia. bmartinez@enred.com
Caraballo
Luis
L
Barón
Francisco
F
Gusmão
Leonor
L
Amorim
Antonio
A
Carracedo
Angel
A
D003105:Colombia; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences