title: Allele frequency data for 15 autosomal STR loci in eight Indonesian subpopulations.
abstract: Evolutionary and cultural history can affect the genetic characteristics of a population and influences the frequency of different variants at a particular genetic marker (allele frequency). These characteristics directly influence the strength of forensic DNA evidence and make the availability of suitable allele frequency information for every discrete country or jurisdiction highly relevant. Population sub-structure within Indonesia has not been well characterised but should be expected given the complex geographical, linguistic and cultural architecture of the Indonesian population. Here we use forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers to identify a number of distinct genetic subpopulations within Indonesia and calculate appropriate population sub-structure correction factors. This data represents the most comprehensive investigation of population sub-structure within Indonesia to date using these markers. The results demonstrate that significant sub-structure is present within the Indonesian population and must be accounted for using island specific allele frequencies and corresponding sub-structure correction factors in the calculation of forensic DNA match statistics.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Forensic Studies, Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: s.venables@westernsydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Samantha J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Venables
authors.affiliation: Office of the Chief Forensic Scientist, Victoria Police Forensic Services Department, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Runa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sarre
authors.affiliation: DNA Laboratory, Centre of Medical Health and Services, Indonesian National Police, Jakarta, Indonesia; Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Nurtami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soedarsono
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Herawati
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sudoyo
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suryadi
authors.affiliation: Office of the Chief Forensic Scientist, Victoria Police Forensic Services Department, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Roland A H
authors.initials: RAH
authors.lastname: van Oorschot
authors.affiliation: Forensics, Australian Federal Police, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.affiliation: DNA Laboratory, Centre of Medical Health and Services, Indonesian National Police, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Putut T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Widodo
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Forensic Studies, Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McNevin
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
keywords: Allele frequency; Database; Identifiler; Indonesia; Population sub-structure; Short tandem repeat (STR)