Genetic data for 15 STR loci in Uygur ethnic group of northwest China

L. Dong, X.X. Liu, H.H. Zhang, R. Bo, G. Wei, L.S. Zhang

Abstract: Allele frequencies of 15 STR loci in the AmpF/STR IdentilerTM kit: D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S539, D2S1338, D19S433, VWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA were observed in a sample of 500 unrelated Uygur in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The genotype frequency distribution of each locus did not deviate from the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, and the forensic statistical parameters showed high values. We also compared Uygur group with the other 13 neighboring populations(Chinese Salar ethnic, Chinese Ewenki ethnic, Chinese Tibetan, Chinese Tu ethnic, Chinese Han, Chinese Yi ethnic, Indian, Iraq, Pakistan Kashmiri Muslim, Palestinian, Turkey, Nepal and East Mongolian) at some STR loci, and found all of the 13 population shown significant differences with the Uygur ethnic group. Our results of present study were valuable for forensic application and Chinese population genetic studies.
Keywords: STRs (short tandem repeats), population data, AmpF/STR Identiler kit, Chinese, Uygur