Population dataset for 21 simple tandem repeat loci in the Akan population of Ghana
Abban Edward Kofi,
Hashom Mohd Hakim,
Hussein Omar Khan,
Siti Afifah Ismail,
Anita Ghansah,
Abd Rashid Nur Haslindawaty,
Shaharum Shamsuddin,
Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz,
Geoffrey Keith Chambers,
Hisham Atan Edinur
Affiliations
Abban Edward Kofi
School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia; Forensic Science Laboratory, Criminal Investigation Department, Ghana Police Service 233 Accra Ghana
Hashom Mohd Hakim
DNA Databank Division (D13), Criminal Investigation Department, Royal Malaysia Police, 50560, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hussein Omar Khan
DNA Databank Division (D13), Criminal Investigation Department, Royal Malaysia Police, 50560, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Siti Afifah Ismail
DNA Databank Division (D13), Criminal Investigation Department, Royal Malaysia Police, 50560, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Anita Ghansah
Nugochi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, University of Ghana, 233 Accra, Ghana
Abd Rashid Nur Haslindawaty
School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
Shaharum Shamsuddin
School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz
Integrative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200 Bertam, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia
Geoffrey Keith Chambers
School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
Hisham Atan Edinur
School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia; Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia; Corresponding author.
Short tandem repeat (STR) loci are widely used as genetic marker for ancestral and forensic analyses. The latter application includes for paternity testing and DNA profiling of samples collected from scenes of crime and suspects. This survey provides the first dataset for 21 STR loci across the Akan population in Ghana by genotyping of 109 unrelated healthy individuals using Investigator 24plex kit. None of the STR loci screened deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium after applying Bonferroni correction. Overall, 224 unique alleles were observed with allele frequencies ranging from 0.005 to 0.518. The combined match probability, combined power of exclusion and combined power discrimination were 1 in 4.07 × 10−25, 0.999999999 and 1, respectively. Principal coordinate analysis carried out using 21 STR allele frequency data mapped the Akans with Nigerian subpopulation groups (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba), but separated from Thais of Thailand, Chechen of Jordan and Tijuana of Mexico.
