Allele frequency distribution for 21 autosomal STR loci in Nepal

The allele frequency distributions of 21 autosomal loci contained in the AmpFlSTR® Identifiler™, the Powerplex®16 and the FFFL® multiplex PCR kits, was studied in 953 unrelated individuals from Nepal. Several new alleles (i.e. not yet reported in the NIST Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet DataBase [http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/]) have been detected in the process.