title: 15 STR loci frequencies in the population from Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil.
abstract: Allele frequencies for 15 short tandem repeats (STR) loci were determined with a sample of 3000 unrelated individuals from the population of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. The loci are most commonly used in forensic and paternity testing, being analyzed by the Powerplex 16 (Promega) commercial kit. The data shows that most polymorphic loci were Penta E and FGA. The distributions of the genotypes in the evaluated loci are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Comparative analyses between our population data and other Brazilian populations are presented. The calculated forensic parameters showed that the loci are useful for the solution of forensic problems in Brazilian Southern region.
authors: IBIOTECNO, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada, Rod SC 401 Km, Centro Empresarial Parq. Alfa, CEP 88030-000, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. m_ocampos@yahoo.com
authors: Maristela
authors: M
authors: Ocampos
authors: Roberto Cid
authors: RC
authors: Fernandes
authors: Ana Frederica Sutter
authors: AF
authors: Latorre
authors: Cláudia Maria Dornelles
authors: CM
authors: da Silva
authors: Fabíola Pozza
authors: FP
authors: Korndorfer
authors: Adriana de Carvalho
authors: Ade C
authors: Giamarusti
authors: Maria Elizabeth
authors: ME
authors: Menezes
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001938:Brazil; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D053803:Forensic Genetics / Q000379:methods; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010334:Paternity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D004247:DNA