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The allele frequencies and statistical parameters of 38 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci were analyzed in the Uygur population from Southern Xinjiang of China with 290 unrelated individuals. The results show these 38 STR loci have high or medium power of discrimination and probabilities of exclusion. All loci are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The genetic distances between the Uygur population and other Chinese populations were also estimated.
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The authors would like to thank Jian Ye and Yuan Ou of Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, China, and Bofeng Zhu of Xi’an Jiaotong University for their valuable assistance and comments.
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Yuan, L., Liu, H., Liao, Q. et al. Genetics analysis of 38 STR loci in Uygur population from Southern Xinjiang of China. Int J Legal Med 130, 687–688 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1270-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1270-7