Genetic profile of a multi-ethnic population from Guiné-Bissau (west African coast) using the new PowerPlex® 16 System kit

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Rita
• Data de Publicação: 2002
• Outros Autores: Jesus, José, Fernandes, Ana Teresa, Brehm, António
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3680
• topic: STRs; Population data; Guiné-Bissau; África; Ethnic groups; PowerPlex1 16 System; Promega; .; Faculdade de Ciências da Vida

Allele and haplotype frequencies of 15 chromosome STR loci included in the kit PowerPlex1 16 System from Promega, were determined in a sample of unrelated males from Guine´-Bissau, a country from the west African coast. All individuals were subjected to an interview in order to make sure that their ancestors belonged to the same ethnic group. This way we intended to look for possible inter-ethnic differences. PowerPlex 16 includes STRs not studied before in any multi-ethnic population. The kit includes two new allele markers (Penta D and Penta E), which are very useful either in forensics or population genetic studies. The Guinean population presents significant differences when compared with other African populations.