Population genetic data for 17 STR markers from Lebanon

• Published in: Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 324 - 326
• Main Authors: Chouery, Eliane, Coble, Michael D, Strouss, Katharine M, Saunier, Jessica L, Jalkh, Nadine, Medlej-Hashim, Myrna, Ayoub, Fouad, Mégarbané, André
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2010
• Subjects: Autosomal Short Tandem Repeats (STRs); Data processing; Gene Frequency - genetics; Genetic Markers - genetics; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Humans; Internal Medicine; Lebanon; Microsatellite Repeats; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Population differentiation; Population study; Lebanon; Lebanon; Population study; Population differentiation; Autosomal Short Tandem Repeats (STRs)
• ISSN: 1344-6223; 1873-4162
• DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.08.005

Abstract Seventeen autosomal STRs were analyzed (D2S1338, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D19S433, D21S11, CSF1PO, FGA, TH01, TPOX, vWA, Penta D, and Penta E) in the Lebanese population. A total of 192 unrelated individuals were genotyped for the 15 autosomal STRs in the Promega PowerPlex 16 STR kit. An additional 275 unrelated individuals were genotyped for the Applied Biosystems AmpFlSTR Identifiler and SGM + STR kits. Allele frequencies for the shared CODIS 13 loci among the three STR kits tested were not significantly different among individuals within the Lebanese population. Forensic and population genetic parameters for the 17 loci were calculated. We also compared the allele frequencies from this population with other populations in the same geographic vicinity.