Allele frequency database for GlobalFiler (TM) STR loci in Australian and New Zealand populations

• NCJ Number: 252419
• Journal: Forensic Science International: Genetics Volume: 28 Dated: May 2017 Pages: E38-E40
• Author(s): Duncan Taylor; Jo-Anne Bright; Catherine McGovern; Sharon Neville; Denise Grover
• Date Published: May 2017
• Length: 3 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2014-DN-BX-K028; 2011-DN-BX-K541
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Award: Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles; Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles

Annotation

This project assigned autosomal allele proportions for Caucasian, Asian, self-declared Aboriginal and pure Aboriginal populations from Australia and Caucasian and Eastern and Western Polynesian populations from New Zealand.

Abstract

Population sample sizes varied from 122 to 528. All populations underwent tests for the presence of allelic dependencies (i.e. departures from the expectations of Hardy Weinberg and Linkage equilibrium), and some large dependencies were observed in the Australian Aboriginal populations. This project provides allele frequency files for all populations examined. (Publisher abstract modified)