title: A reference frequency database of 15 autosomal STRs in Chile.
abstract: We estimated the allele frequencies for the 15 autosomal STR loci included in the AmpFlSTR(®) Identifiler (Applied Biosystems, USA) in a sample of 986 unrelated non-Native American individuals collected at five different localities from Chile, namely, Iquique, Santiago, Concepción, Temuco and Punta Arenas. Frequency distributions and several forensic parameters were estimated at each recruitment site. In addition, analyses were carried out merging the data into five sample locations. No significant statistical differences could be detected between different regions in Chile. These data represent one of the very few studies performed on autosomal STRs in Chile and therefore provide a useful tool for forensic casework carried out in the country.
authors.affiliation: PRICAI-Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, and Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica (GMX), Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15872, Galicia, Spain.
authors.forename: Ulises
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Toscanini
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, and Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica (GMX), Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15872, Galicia, Spain; Servicio Medico Legal, Ministerio de Justicia, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: Servicio Medico Legal, Ministerio de Justicia, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Jaime A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pantoja-Astudillo
authors.affiliation: Servicio Medico Legal, Ministerio de Justicia, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Eugenia Aguirre
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.affiliation: Servicio Medico Legal, Ministerio de Justicia, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bustos
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, and Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica (GMX), Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15872, Galicia, Spain. Electronic address: antonio.salas@usc.es.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salas
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: AmpFlSTR(®) Identifiler; Chile; Database; Population genetics