Forensic evaluation of the AmpFℓSTR Identifiler kit in nine Mexican native populations from the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican region
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Abstract
Allele frequency distribution and forensic parameters of the AmpFℓSTR Identifiler kit was determined in nine Mexican Amerindian populations based on 1,040 unrelated individuals from the pre-Columbian region known as Mesoamerica. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was demonstrated for most of the short tandem repeats (STRs) in all nine populations. The power of discrimination and exclusion were higher than 0.99999 and 0.997942, respectively. In addition, a brief overview of the genetic relatedness and structure (F st = 2.62 %; p = 0.00000) between these populations is presented.
Keywords
STRs Native American Amerindian populations Mexico MesoamericaNotes
Acknowledgments
This project received financial support from CONACyT (grant 129693) to H R-V, and the fellowship to CD M-R.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Supplementary material
MDS plot representing the genetic distances (FST) between the nine Mexican Native populations analyzed herein. Meaning of the label after the name of the populations: (M) Mayan-related language; (N) Nahua-related language; (YP) Yucatan Peninsula. (JPEG 17 kb)
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