title: Genetic variation at 15 autosomal STR loci in Bhil tribal population of Central India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Genotypic polymorphism studies at 15 highly polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) loci were carried out in Bhil tribal population of Madhya Pradesh, in central region of India.
  
  
  METHODS
  The analysis of 15 autosomal STR loci (TH01, D3S1358, vWA, D21S11, TPOX, D7S820, D19S433, D5S818, D2S1338, D16S539, CSF1PO, D13S317, FGA, D18S51, D8S1179) was done in 183 unrelated individuals of the Bhil tribe.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Heterozygosity among the studied 15 autosomal STR loci ranged from 63.5-86.5%. The loci D2S1338 and FGA were found to be mostly polymorphic. All loci fall under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, except loci D18S51 and D7S820. These STR loci were highly informative and discriminating, with CPD > 0.99999.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clustering pattern of the NJ tree and the PCA plot showed grouping of the Bhil population with previously reported tribes of central India.
authors.affiliation: a DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Home (Police) , Government of Madhya Pradesh , Sagar, MP , India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
authors.affiliation: a DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Home (Police) , Government of Madhya Pradesh , Sagar, MP , India.
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: a DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Home (Police) , Government of Madhya Pradesh , Sagar, MP , India.
authors.forename: Umang
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: a DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Home (Police) , Government of Madhya Pradesh , Sagar, MP , India.
authors.forename: Veena Ben
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Trivedi
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
keywords: Autosomal STR; Bhil; Central India; DNA typing; forensic science; population study