Table 1

Characteristics of the STRs analyzed

Marker	Type	Location	Primers	Annealing	Reference
FIBRA/FGA		Tetra		4q		^*5′-GCCCCATAGGTTTTGAACTCA-3′	60°C		36
						5′-TGATTTGTCTGTAATTGCCAGC-3′
D21S11		Tetra		21q		^*5′-ATATGTGAGTCAATTCCCCAAG-3′	60°C		37
						5′-TGGAGAACATTAACTAATACA-3′
D12S391		Tetra		12		^*5′-TGGCTTTTAGACCTGGACTG-3′	61°C		38
						5′-AACAGGATCAATGGATGCAT-3′
D19S394		Tetra		19p		^*5′-GTGTTCCTAACTACCAGGC-3′	56°C		39
						5′-AGACTACAGTGAGCTGTGG-3′
D1S1656		Tetra		1		^*5′-GTGTTGCTCAAGGGTCAACT-3′	59°C		40
						5′-AGAAATAGAATCACTAGGGAACC-3′
D6S1583		Di		6p		^*5′-GCCCCTAACCTGCTTCTACTGA-3′	63°C		39
						5′-GCAGATGGCCCCACTGAC-3′
D9S153		Di		9q		^*5′-TTATGGCAGCCCAAATGGACTA-3′	67°C		39
						5′-GCAGAATGTTGCCCAAAACTCA-3′
D9S1867		Di		9q		^*5′-GTGAACTGCATCAGCCG-3′	61°C		39
						5′-ATCAGCCAGGGTTTTCAACA-3′

One primer of each pair—indicated with an asterisk—was fluorescently labelled.
Di=dinucleotide repeat; Tetra=tetranucleotide repeat.