STR data for the Amp FlSTR Profiler Plus loci among 27 populations of different social hierarchy from southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India

Forensic Sci Int. 2005 Apr 20;149(1):81-97. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.005.

Abstract

Allele frequency for the 9 STR loci (D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820) were estimated from a total of 1096 individuals belonging to 27 endogamous populations from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, covering the entire gamut of socio-economic variation of the linguistic region. These loci are found to be highly polymorphic within the populations with high levels of average heterozygosity (>0.80). However, the allele frequency distributions are fairly uniform across the populations in case of these loci suggesting relatively greater homogeneity among the populations. Regrouping populations into five broad socio-economic categories further reiterated the homogenous pattern of genetic diversity.

MeSH terms

  • DNA Fingerprinting / methods
  • Gene Frequency*
  • Genetics, Population*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Social Class*
  • Tandem Repeat Sequences*