title: Genetic polymorphism of 15 STR loci in El Salvador.
abstract: The aim of this study was to estimate the allelic frequencies of the 15 short tandem repeat (STR) loci included in AmpFlSTRIdentifiler PCR Amplification Kit. Biological samples were obtained from 109 unrelated individuals from El Salvador. Allelic frequencies and forensic parameters were calculated. All loci showed no departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium after Bonferroni correction. The obtained frequencies were compared with other previously reported population data. The multidimensional scaling plot and the neighbor-joining phylogeny supported a high native Mesoamerican contribution.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Forensic Genetics and Population Genetics, Department of Toxicology and Health Sanitary, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Eugenia Leticia
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Pinto de Erazo
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baeza
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arroyo-Pardo
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: López-Parra
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004544:El Salvador; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction