Meiosis study in a population sample from Afghanistan: allele frequencies and mutation rates of 16 STR loci.

The 16 short tandem repeat systems D3S1358, VWA, FGA, TH01, TPOX, CSF1PO, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, ACTBP2, D2S1338, D16S539, D19S433, D21S11, D18S51 and D8S1179 were amplified in a population sample composed of 333 immigrants from Afghanistan. The 16 loci met Hardy-Weinberg expectations and possess a combined matching probability of 1 in 3.6 x 10(14) and a combined mean exclusion chance greater than 0.