title: Genetic analysis of 15 STR loci in Chinese Han population from West China.
abstract: Allele frequencies for 15 short tandem repeat (STR) loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818, and FGA) were obtained from 7,636 unrelated individuals of Chinese Han population living in Qinghai and Chongqing, China. Totally 206 alleles were observed, with the corresponding allele frequencies ranging from 0.0001-0.4982. Chi-square test showed that all of the STR loci agreed with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. We also compared our data with previously published population data of other ethnics or areas. The results are valuable for human identification and paternity testing in Chinese Han population.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China. dengyj@genomics.org.cn
authors.forename: Ya-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jiang-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xiao-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhe
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hao-Fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Yan-Qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiao-Tie
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*