Forensic parameters and allele frequency distributions of 16 STR in a Paraguayan population

Tamara Soledad Frontanilla; Weslley Motoi Tsutsumida; Antonin Théo Jacques Charmeux; Elza Araujo Torres; Carlos Ferreira Dos Santos; Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva

doi:10.1007/s00414-019-02093-2

Forensic parameters and allele frequency distributions of 16 STR in a Paraguayan population

Int J Legal Med. 2020 Jul;134(4):1317-1318. doi: 10.1007/s00414-019-02093-2. Epub 2019 Jun 6.

Authors

Tamara Soledad Frontanilla¹, Weslley Motoi Tsutsumida², Antonin Théo Jacques Charmeux³, Elza Araujo Torres⁴, Carlos Ferreira Dos Santos⁴, Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva⁵

Affiliations

¹ Ribeirão Preto Medical School, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Avenida do Café, s/n, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-904, Brazil. tfronta@gmail.com.
² Thermo Fisher Scientific - Life Technologies, Waltham, MA, USA.
³ Franco Paraguayo Cultural Center, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
⁴ Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Ribeirão Preto Medical School, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Avenida do Café, s/n, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-904, Brazil.

PMID: 31172273
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-019-02093-2

Abstract

Paraguay is a Latin American country located in the central zone of South America. There is no official data on the ethnic composition of its population. The European colonization and the wars through which the country crossed were fundamental for its current genetic composition. Here, we analyzed sixteen short tandem repeats (STRs) used in the CODIS system in 259 Paraguayan individuals.

Keywords: Gene frequency; Genetic loci; Microsatellite repeats; Paraguay.

MeSH terms

Female
Gene Frequency*
Genetic Loci*
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Male
Microsatellite Repeats*
Paraguay