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Population of Northern Portugal: study of genetic diversity and forensic parame...
Maia, Bárbara; Souto, Luís; Fadoni, Jennifer; Cainé, Laura; Amorim, AntónioShort tandem repeats (STRs) are highly variable sequences present along the human genome, including the Y-chromosome. Y-STRs are exclusive to males, and the haplotypes they define are informative. Objectives: Twenty-six Y-STR loci were genotyped in 252 males from Northern Portugal to characterise Y-chromosome genetic variation using the Investigator Argus Y28 QS Kit. Methods: The kit mentioned was used to ampli...
Forensic Toolbox: proposal of a forensic educational kit
Souto, Luís; Tavares, Filipa; Moreira, Helena; Fidalgo, Ricardo; Pinho, Rosa; Mendes, Alcina; Pombo, LúciaWithin the Euro4Science project, a forensic educational kit was created that offers several attractive experimental activities, which explore the following topics: Biodiversity, Chemistry and the identification of Human Individuals.The forensic education kit is designed to be used by secondary school students under the supervision of teachers. Based on a Guide that explores forensic cases, students are given di...
Forensic Toolbox: proposta de kit forense educativo
Souto, Luís; Tavares, Filipa; Moreira, Helena; Fidalgo, Ricardo; Pinho, Rosa; Mendes, Alcina; Pombo, LúciaNo âmbito do projeto Euro4Science foi criado um kit forense educativo que propõe diversas atividades experimentais atrativas, que inclui os principais tópicos: Biodiversidade, Ciências Químicas e Identificação Individual Humana. O kit forense educativo está projetado para ser utilizado pelos alunos do secundário sob supervisão dos professores. Baseado num guião que explora casos forenses, os estudantes irão dis...
Human settlement history between Sunda and Sahul: a focus on East Timor (Timor-...
Gomes, Sibylle M.; Bodner, Martin; Souto, Luís; Zimmermann, Bettina; Huber, Gabriela; Strobl, Christina; Röck, Alexander W.; Achilli, AlessandroBackground: Distinct, partly competing, “waves” have been proposed to explain human migration in(to) today’s Island Southeast Asia and Australia based on genetic (and other) evidence. The paucity of high quality and high resolution data has impeded insights so far. In this study, one of the first in a forensic environment, we used the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) for generating complete mitogenome ...
Genetic structure of the wild boar population in Portugal: Evidence of a recent...
Ferreira, Eduardo; Souto, Luís; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Fonseca, CarlosThe present study assesses the degree of genetic structure and the presence of recent genetic bottlenecks in the wild boar population in Portugal. One hundred and ten individuals were sampled after capture during organised legal drive hunts, conducted in 58 municipalities across the continental territory, during the game seasons of 2002/2003 and 2003/2004. Individuals were genetically typed Lit six microsatelli...
Y-STR haplotype diversity in distinct linguistic groups from East Timor
Souto, Luís; Gusmão, Leonor; Amorim, António; Côrte-Real, Francisco; Vieira, Duarte N.East Timor is a country which harbors multiple ethnolinguistic groups generally assigned to an Austronesian or Papuan ancestry. The present study aimed to characterize Y-chromosome haplotype diversity in East Timor, and to test possible population structures based on linguistic and/or geographical information. Using a set of 12 Y-chromosome-specific STRs (DYS19, DYS389I and II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, D...
Population distribution of six PCR-amplified loci in Madeira Archipelago (Portu...
Corte-Real, Francisco; Souto, Luís; Anjos, M. João; Carvalho, Mónica; Vieira, Duarte N.; Carracedo, Angel; Vide, M. ConceiçãoFrequency data of the short tandem repeat (STR) loci HUMTH01, HUMVWA31/A, HUMF13A1, HUMFES/FPS, D12S391 and HUMFIBRA/FGA were determined in blood stains obtained from a population of unrelated individuals from the Madeira Archipelago. The observed genotype distribution showed no significant deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and there was no evidence for association of alleles among the six loci. Pop...