vWA STR Locus - Structure and variability

Cruz, Carla; Vieira da Silva, Cláudia; Lucas, Isabel; Ribeiro, Teresa; Espinheira, Rosa; Geada, Helena

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Cruz, Carla

Vieira da Silva, Cláudia

Abstract(s)

The biological individualization of samples is studied through DNA STR loci analysis and is the principal goal of Forensic Genetics. STR loci study was initiated in the 90s on the majority of Forensic Laboratories. vWA is one of the most studied STR loci all over the world. It is included in any STR set proposed by Forensic Groups as the 13 core loci of the CODIS System used in routine cases by most Forensic Genetic Laboratories. When performing paternity investigation and identification cases with STR loci, once in a while we came through rare or new alleles. Sequencing is essential to confirm the structure of these alleles. Also in mutation cases, especially in primer binding mutation cases, allele sequence should be performed. The high primer binding mutation observed in this locus and the interest in structure analysis of rare alleles observed in certain population groups were the main reasons for performing vWA sequence. More than one hundred vWA samples have been sequenced with DNA Sequencing Kit Big Dye Terminator Cycle Sequencing with forward and reverse primers (Kimpton et al, 1992 GenBank M25858). Sequencing was performed in an ABIPRISM 377 DNA Sequencer and analyzed by Sequencing Analysis. In this study we will present the structural analysis of vWA alleles from allele 11 to allele 22 studied in two main populations – a Portuguese population and an African population mainly from Cabo Verde Islands and Angola