title: Population genetic data for 15 X chromosomal short tandem repeat markers in three U.S. populations.
abstract: 314 African American, 434 U.S. Caucasian, and 398 U.S. Hispanic individuals were typed at X STR markers DXS6795, DXS9902, DXS8378, DXS7132, DXS6803, DXS6789, DXS7424, DXS101, GATA172D05, DXS7130, GATA165B12, HPRTB, GATA31E08, DXS10147, DXS7423. High forensic efficiency parameter values confirm the potential usefulness of these markers in certain specific kinship situations involving female offspring as well as identity testing. Alleles previously unobserved in U.S. populations were noted in this study at 8 different markers. Additionally, null alleles and a triallelic pattern were observed and described. Pairwise comparisons indicated consistency with similar published populations at overlapping markers. These data represent a substantial increase in the quantity of U.S. X chromosomal short tandem repeat data available to the community.
authors: Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, 115 Purple Heart Avenue, Dover Air Force Base, Dover, DE 19902, United States; American Registry of Pathology, P.O. Box 495, Dover, DE 19903, United States; School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, 5001 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Electronic address: toni.m.diegoli.ctr@mail.mil.
authors: Toni M
authors: TM
authors: Diegoli
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Linacre
authors: Michael D
authors: MD
authors: Coble
mesh_terms: D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
keywords: Identity testing; Kinship testing; Linkage; Mini-STRs; U.S. population; X chromosome