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Genetic data for the 13 CODIS STR loci in Singapore Chinese.

Syn CK, Chuah SY, Ang HC, Lim SE, Tan-Siew WF, Chow ST, Budowle B

DNA Profiling Laboratory, Centre for Forensic Science, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Outram Road, Singapore 169078. christopher_syn@hsa.gov.sg

Allele frequencies for the 13 CODIS STR loci included in the AmpFISTR Profiler Plus and AmpFISTR Cofiler kits (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, USA) were determined in a sample of 209 unrelated Chinese in Singapore. The combined random match probability for the 13 loci is about 6.6 x10(-15) and the overall probability of excluding paternity is 0.9999899. The results demonstrate that the loci are useful for forensic human identification and parentage testing for the Chinese population in Singapore.

Published 27 June 2005 in Forensic Sci Int, 152(2): 285-8.
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