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Population genetic data for 12 X-STR loci in the Central Saudi region using investigator Argus X-12 amplification kit
Safia A Messaoudi1, Saranya R Babu1, Abrar B Alsaleh1
1Forensic Sciences Department, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Background:
X-chromosome short tandem repeat (X-STR) markers are important in forensic identity investigations and kinship analysis.
Subject And Methods:
In the current study, the distribution of 12 X-STR loci located in four linkage groups was evaluated using Investigator® Argus X-12 Amplification Kit in 200 unrelated healthy individuals (105 males and 95 females) from the central region of Saudi Arabia in order to develop an allelic frequency database for the markers included in the kit.
Results:
DXS10146 locus was the most informative with 21 alleles, while DXS8378 locus was the least with five alleles. Forensic parameters showed that all X-STRs loci, either as individual markers or as linkage groups, provide genetic information with high discrimination that is appropriate for forensic purposes with polymorphism information content (PIC), power of exclusion (PE), and paternity index (PI) varying from 0.61211 to 0.917979, 0.38722 to 0.842949, and 0.038416 to 0.16367, respectively. The pairwise genetic distance fixation index (Fst) results showed that the Saudi population is genetically closer to the Egyptian and Emirati populations and distant to the Turkish population.
Conclusion:
The current study revealed that Investigator® Argus 12 X-STR kit would support the forensic application, kinship testing involving female offspring, and human identification in the Saudi population.
