Population genetic data for 15 STR loci (Identifiler™ kit) in Bolivia

Received 19 October 2008; received in revised form 12 July 2009; accepted 13 July 2009. published online 09 September 2009.

Abstract

Allele frequencies for 15 STR autosomal loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, VWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA) were obtained from a sample of 200 unrelated individuals from Bolivia, South America.

Keywords: Short tandem repeats (STRs), Population study, Bolivia

a Laboratorio de Genética Forense, Instituto de Investigaciones Forenses, Indaburo 946, La Paz, Bolivia

b Basque Country Government, Larrauri Mendotxe 18, 48950 Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain

c Basque Country Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Larrauri Mendotxe 18, 48950 Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain

Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 94 6079533; fax: +34 94 6079500.

PII: S1344-6223(09)00300-9

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.07.002

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