| Title: | Allele Frequencies for 50 Forensic STR Markers |
| Version: | 0.2.1 |
| 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. |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: | https://github.com/magnusdv/norSTR |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/magnusdv/norSTR/issues |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.5) |
| Encoding: | UTF-8 |
| Language: | en-GB |
| LazyData: | true |
| RoxygenNote: | 7.3.2 |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Packaged: | 2025-05-01 19:30:14 UTC; magnu |
| Author: | Magnus Dehli Vigeland
 [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: | Magnus Dehli Vigeland <m.d.vigeland@medisin.uio.no> |
| Repository: | CRAN |
| Date/Publication: | 2025-05-05 10:10:06 UTC |
norSTR: Allele frequencies for 50 forensic STR markers
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.
Author(s)
Maintainer: Magnus Dehli Vigeland m.d.vigeland@medisin.uio.no (ORCID)
See Also
Useful links:
African STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the African population.
Usage
africaDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
africaDB[1:2]
East Asian STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the East Asian population.
Usage
eastAsiaDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
eastAsiaDB[1:2]
European STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the European population.
Usage
europeDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
europeDB[1:2]
Built-in linkage map
Description
A map providing the genetic positions (in centiMorgans) of each STR marker featured in this package.
Usage
map50
Format
A data frame with 50 rows and 4 columns: Marker, Chr, cM,
Kit.
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
Mid Asian STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the Mid Asian population.
Usage
midAsiaDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
midAsiaDB[1:2]
Norwegian STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the Norwegian population.
Usage
norwayDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
norwayDB[1:2]
South American STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the South American population.
Usage
southAmericaDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
southAmericaDB[1:2]
West Asian STR allele frequency database
Description
Allele frequencies for 50 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers covering the West Asian population.
Usage
westAsiaDB
Format
A list of 50 frequency vectors. Each vector is a numeric with sum 1, and uses the allele labels as names.
Source
Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital.
Examples
westAsiaDB[1:2]