Analysis of 12 X-chromosomal STRs in an Algerian population sample

Abstract

Twelve X-chromosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci (DXS6789, DXS6809, GATA172D05, DXS101, DXS8378, DXS8377, DXS7132, DXS6800, DXS6801, DXS7424, HPRTB, DXS10011), including two clusters of closely linked markers (DXS6801–DXS6809–DXS6789 mapping in Xq21 and DXS7424–DXS101 mapping in Xq22) were typed in a northwestern Algerian population sample ( n = 210; 104 men and 106 women). The calculated allele and haplotype frequencies were compared with those previously obtained for the same set of markers in the Italian population. No evidence of linkage disequilibrium was observed between pairs of loci within clusters of strictly linked markers.