Allele frequencies for 13 STR loci and the D1S80 locus in a Tamil population from Madras, India
Balamurugan, K
Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency, 40 South Alabama Street, Indianapolis, IN

Prabakaran, N
Department of Genetics, Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani, Madras 600 113 India.

Duncan, G
Broward County Crime Lab, 201 SE 6th Street, Room 1799, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Budowle, B
Senior scientist, FBI Laboratory, Washington, DC.

Tahir, M
Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency, 40 South Alabama Street, Indianapolis, IN

Tracey, M
Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL.


Abstract
Specimens were collected from unrelated apparently healthy males, autochtonous to the geographic region of Vera-Jerte Valley (the four grandparents were born within the region). DNA was extracted from blood specimens using a standard phenol/chloroform procedure and typed in an ALF-Sequencer (Pharmacia) according to protocols and alleles kindly supplied by Peter de Knijff (1) for DYS390 , DYS 391, DYS393. Systems DYS434, DYS 437 and DYS439 were typed according to Ayub et al. (2) using allelic ladders from our laboratory. Frequencies were calculated through gne counting method and gene diversity was estimated according to Nei (3).

Keywords:
CSF1P0, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D1S80, D21S11, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, DNA typing, FGA, forensic science, polymerase chain reaction, population genetics, short tandem repeat, Tamil population, TH01, TPOX, vWA

Paper ID: JFS4661515

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Author Balamurugan K, Prabakaran N, Duncan G, Budowle B, Tahir M, Tracey M Title Allele frequencies for 13 STR loci and the D1S80 locus in a Tamil population from Madras, India Symposium , Committee on