Allele frequencies of 15 STR loci (Identifiler™ kit) in Basque-Americans. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Besecker, Jason; Peri, Gianluca; Davis, Michael; Zubizarreta, Josu; Hampikian, Greg
• Is Part Of: Legal medicine. Volume 31(2018)
• Page Start: 17
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: Short tandem repeats (STR) -- Allele frequency -- American Basques -- Forensic DNA; Medical jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine légale -- Périodiques; Medical jurisprudence; Periodicals; 614.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2017.12.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1344-6223

Abstract

Highlights: The Basques played a key role in the settlement of the American Northwest. Basques remain a distinct ethnic population. This submission is the first study of American Basque STR allele frequencies. Reports forensic STR allele frequencies for the American Basque population. Abstract: Individuals with Basque ancestry form a historically and culturally important minority of the population of the western United States. Allele frequencies for the 15 autosomal STRs in the AmpFlSTR® Identifiler® PCR Amplification Kit (Applied Biosystems) from 156 unrelated self-identified Basque individuals born in the United States are presented. Allele frequencies were used to calculate parameters commonly used in genetics and forensics including power of discrimination (PD), power of exclusion (PE), polymorphic information content (PIC), and expected heterozygosity (He). The sample population was also compared with the European Basque population and the major American ethnicities.