Forensic evaluation of STR data for the PowerPlex 16 System loci in a Bangladeshi population.

Leg Med (Tokyo)

National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory, Department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Published: July 2009

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  • A study analyzed allele frequencies of 15 autosomal STR loci from 148 unrelated Bangladeshi individuals using the PowerPlex 16 System.
  • The research calculated various forensic efficiency parameters including power of discrimination, heterozygosity, polymorphism information content, probability of match, power of exclusion, and paternity index.
  • The results showed that these loci are effective for paternity testing and personal identification in the Bangladeshi population.

Article Abstract

Allele frequencies of 15 autosomal STR loci included in PowerPlex 16 System were determined from a sample of 148 unrelated Bangladeshi individuals. Forensic efficiency parameters such as, the power of discrimination (PD), observed and expected heterozygosity (H), polymorphism information content (PIC), probability of match (PM), power of exclusion (PE), and typical paternity index were calculated for the loci. These parameters indicated the usefulness of the loci in paternity testing and personal identification in the Bangladeshi population.

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