Genetic profile of the Madeira Archipelago population using the new PowerPlex (R) 16 System kit

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2002

Authors

Fernandes, AT (Author) Other; Brehm, A (Author) Other; Alves, C (Author) Other; Gusmao, L (Author) Other; Amorim, A (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Forensic Science International

Vol. 125

Pages: 281-283

ISSN: 0379-0738

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Other medical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-QA6

Abstract (EN): Allele and haplotype frequencies of 17 chromosome STR loci, 15 of them included in the hit PowerPlex(R)16 System from Promega, were determined in a sample of unrelated males from Madeira and Porto Santo Islands. PowerPlex16 includes STRs not studied before in the Madeira population. The hit includes two new allele markers (Penta D and Penta E), which proved to be extremely useful for paternity testing (PD = 0.952 and 0.977, respectively). The study revealed that the Madeira population does not differ froth that of the north Portugal. Nevertheless, some loci presented alleles found in sub-Saharan and North European populations which were not reported so far in Portugal.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3