title: Allele frequency database for GlobalFiler™ STR loci in Australian and New Zealand populations.
abstract: We assign autosomal allele proportions for Caucasian, Asian, self-declared Aboriginal and pure Aboriginal populations from Australia and Caucasian and Eastern and Western Polynesian populations from New Zealand. Population sample sizes vary from 122 to 528. All populations underwent tests for the presence of allelic dependencies (i.e. departures from the expectations of Hardy Weinberg and Linkage equilibrium) and some large dependencies were observed in the Australian Aboriginal populations. We provide allele frequency files for all populations examined.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Science South Australia, 21 Divett Place, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia; School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100 Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Electronic address: Duncan.Taylor@sa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: ESR Limited, Private Bag 92021 Auckland New Zealand.
authors.forename: Jo-Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bright
authors.affiliation: ESR Limited, Private Bag 92021 Auckland New Zealand.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGovern
authors.affiliation: NSW Forensic & Analytical Science Service, NSW Health Pathology, Joseph St, Lidcombe NSW 2141, Australia.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.affiliation: Forensic Science Branch NT Police, Peter McAulay Centre, Berrimah, PO Box 39764, Winnellie NT 0821, Australia.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Aboriginal; Allele frequency; Asian; Australian; Caucasian; GlobalFiler(®); New Zealand; Polynesian