Genetic characterization of a population from Cauca Department with 15 STRs markers

Abstract This study established allele frequencies and some parameters of forensic interest with 15 autosomal STRs markers in a sample of 172 unrelated individuals from the Department of Cauca – Colombia using the PowerPlex ® 16 BIO System (Promega CO) and Qiagen Multiplex PCR (Qiagen) kits. All markers analyzed showed more than 61% of heterozygosity. Penta E and Penta D were the only systems that are not in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium ( p 0.9999, respectively. The parameters of forensic interest have values suitable for routine use in forensic genetics.