markerSets: Common STR marker sets

In norSTR: Allele Frequencies for 50 Forensic STR Markers

Common STR marker sets

Description

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.

Usage

markerSets

Format

A named list of 6 character vectors of marker names.

Details

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.

Examples

markerSets$fusion6c

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