Population Genetic Data for 23 STR Loci of the Garifuna Ethnic Group in Honduras
This study provides the first Honduran Garifuna population-specific autosomal STR reference database for precise forensic likelihood ratio estimates, kinship assessments, and population genetic studies. The Garifuna's high diversity-consistent with their West African and Amerindian ancestry-indicates the risk of systematic bias when non-specific databases are used.
Authors
- Isaac Zablah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-7189)
- Karen Amaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9760-5403)
- Yolly Molina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-2658)
- Yessica Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1761-0916)
- Patricia Pérez Soriano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8743-829X)
- Zintia Moya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4201-3733)
- Antonieta Zuniga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5545-2459)
- Digna Pineda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0749-3624)
- Oscar García
Institutions
- Ministerio de Salud Pública (EC)
- Association of Electronic and Information Technologies (ES)
- National Autonomous University of Honduras (HN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Genes
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/genes17040402
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 18.99