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Unveiling the genetic tapestry of Kohistan: a population genetic analysis of autosomal STRs in a South Asian population.
BMC genomics - 13 Feb 2026
Adnan Atif, Rakha Allah, Chen Hao Dong, Ilyas Muhammad, Ullah Muhammad Farhat, Nazir Shahid, Wang Chuan Chao, Wang Hongbo
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The Kohistani population of northern Pakistan, an understudied group with distinct geographic, ethnic, and cultural characteristics, presents a unique opportunity to explore genetic diversity in South Asia. We analyzed 21 autosomal STR loci in 200 unrelated Kohistani males using the GlobalFiler™ PCR Amplification Kit, identifying 329 distinct allele combinations with allele frequencies ranging from 0.0025 to...
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