| Title: | Allele Frequencies for 50 Forensic STR Markers |
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| Description: | Allele frequency databases for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers, covering Norway and several broader regional populations: Europe, Africa, South America, West Asia, Middle Asia, and East Asia. Developed and maintained for use at the Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo, Norway. |
| Authors: | Magnus Dehli Vigeland [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-4962>) |
| Maintainer: | Magnus Dehli Vigeland <[email protected]> |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| Version: | 0.2.1 |
| Built: | 2026-05-21 09:00:52 UTC |
| Source: | https://github.com/magnusdv/norstr |
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the African population.
africaDBafricaDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
africaDB[1:2]africaDB[1:2]
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the East Asian population.
eastAsiaDBeastAsiaDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
eastAsiaDB[1:2]eastAsiaDB[1:2]
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the European population.
europeDBeuropeDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
europeDB[1:2]europeDB[1:2]
A map providing the genetic positions (in centiMorgans) of each STR marker featured in this package.
map50map50
A data frame with 50 rows and 4 columns: Marker, Chr, cM,
Kit.
Lists of autosomal STR markers included in widely-used commercial forensic kits. Sex-determining (e.g. Amelogenin) and non-autosomal markers (e.g. Y markers) are explicitly omitted.
markerSetsmarkerSets
A named list of 6 character vectors of marker names.
Kits included:
codis: Expanded CODIS core loci (FBI/NIST), 21 autosomal STR markers.
fusion6c: PowerPlex® Fusion 6C (Promega), 23 autosomal markers.
globalfiler: GlobalFiler™ PCR Amplification Kit (Applied Biosystems),
21 autosomal markers.
hdplex: HDplex STR Kit (Qiagen), 9 autosomal markers.
sureid: SureID® 23comp Human STR Identification Kit (Health Gene
Technologies), 23 autosomal markers.
sureid27: Combined SureID® 23comp and SureID® PathFinder Plus; 26
autosomal markers.
markerSets$fusion6cmarkerSets$fusion6c
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the Mid Asian population.
midAsiaDBmidAsiaDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
midAsiaDB[1:2]midAsiaDB[1:2]
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the Norwegian population.
norwayDBnorwayDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
norwayDB[1:2]norwayDB[1:2]
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the South American population.
southAmericaDBsouthAmericaDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
southAmericaDB[1:2]southAmericaDB[1:2]
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the West Asian population.
westAsiaDBwestAsiaDB
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
westAsiaDB[1:2]westAsiaDB[1:2]