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The Polymorphism Analyses of Short Tandem Repeats as a Basis for Understanding the Genetic Characteristics of the Guanzhong Han Population.

ABSTRACT: The short tandem repeat (STR) loci are polymorphic markers in the combined DNA index system (CODIS) and non-CODIS STR loci. Due to the highly polymorphic characteristic of STR loci, they are popular and widely used in forensic DNA typing laboratories. In this study, 22 STR loci (1 CODIS, 21 non-CODIS STR loci) and an Amelogenin locus were genotyped and analyzed in 590 unrelated individuals of the Guanzhong Han population. None of the 22 STR loci deviated from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and all the loci were in the linkage equilibrium state. We observed 247 alleles, and the corresponding allelic frequencies ranged from 0.0008 to 0.3695 in the Guanzhong Han population. The combined power of discrimination and the cumulative exclusion probability was 0.999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 346 36 and 0.999 999 999 709 74, respectively. The results including Nei's D _A genetic distance, multidimensional scaling analysis, and principal component analysis showed that the Guanzhong Han population has closer genetic affinities with Northern Han, Chengdu Han, and Xinjiang Hui groups from China based on allelic frequencies of 15 overlapped STR loci from Guanzhong Han and 13 reference groups. The present results indicated that Microreader™ 23sp ID kit included highly polymorphic loci, and it could be well used for individual identification, paternity testing, and population genetics in the Guanzhong Han population.

SUBMITTER: Mei S

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