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Int J Legal Med (2014) 128:455456 DOI 10.1007/s00414-013-0942-4
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Allele frequencies for 26 STR loci in a population of Tuscany (Central Italy)
C. Romani & S. Iozzi & I. Carboni &
A. L. Nutini & F. Torricelli & U. Ricci
Received: 23 October 2013 /Accepted: 5 November 2013 /Published online: 16 November 2013 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Abstract Allele frequencies for 26 short tandem repeats (STRs) were obtained from a sample of 203 unrelated individuals living in the area of Florence, Prato and Pistoia (Tuscany, Central Italy). These 26 loci are in addition to the existing 13 U.S. core loci and can help provide assistance in complex kinship testing when, for example, the alleged father is not available for testing. The results were compared with U.S. Caucasian, African American and Hispanic populations.
Keywords STRs . 26plex . Italian population data
Complex paternity and kinship testing can be solved using a large set of DNA markers [1]. In these cases, the commercially available kits could be not sufficient to reach an adequate level of paternity index. NIST [2] proposed a 26plex short tandem repeat (STR) assay for human identity testing with 26 miniSTR loci not included in CODIS. These loci are D1GATA113, D1S1627, D1S1677, D2S441, D2S1776, D3S3053, D3S4529, D4S2364, D4S2408, D5S2500, D6S474, D6S1017, D8S1115, D9S1122,...