title: Baluchi and Pakhtun population data of 9 X-chromosomal short tandem repeat loci.
abstract: Baluchistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area, constituting approximately 44% of the country's total land mass, and the smallest in terms of population, being home to less than 5% of the country's population. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) formerly called North-West Frontier Province is located in the north-west of Pakistan having an estimated 13.4% of total population of Pakistan in which Pakhtuns are the major ethnic group. A total of 250 samples from Baluchi population and 250 samples from Pakhtun population were typed for 9 X-chromosomal STR markers: DXS101, DXS6789, DXS7132, DXS7423, DXS7424, DXS8378, GATA31E08, GATA172D05 and HPRTB along with sex typing locus, Amelogenin. A total of 59 alleles were found in Baluchi population while 61 alleles were found in Pakhtun population. This is the first study of the two populations based on these markers and the population data can be used as reference database for Baluchi and Pakhtun populations.
authors.affiliation: National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore 53700, Pakistan; Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Department of Forensic Studies, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan. Electronic address: israr@uhs.edu.pk.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Israr
authors.affiliation: National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore 53700, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ahmad Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shahid
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Allah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rakha
authors.affiliation: National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore 53700, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Mian Sahib
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Zar
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad Saqib
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.affiliation: National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore 53700, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ziaur
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore 53700, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Tayyab
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Husnain
mesh_terms: D053523:Amelogenin / Q000235:genetics; D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D053523:Amelogenin; D005819:Genetic Markers
keywords: Baluchi population; DNA typing; Forensic science; Pakhtun population; Population genetics; X-chromosome short tandem repeats