title: Genetic variation of 15 STR autosomal loci in the Maracaibo population from Venezuela.
abstract: Allele frequencies for 15 short tandem repeats (STRs) autosomal loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA, included in the AmpFLSTR Identifiler, Applied Biosystems) were studied in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela and were compared with other published Latin-American populations for the same loci. Population and forensic parameters were estimated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Unidad de Genética Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo 4007, Venezuela. lenniepineda@cantv.net
authors.forename: Lennie Pineda
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borjas
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zabala
authors.forename: María Gabriela
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Wilmer
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Florangel
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tovar
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lander
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chiurillo
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: García
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D014687:Venezuela