Abstract
Southeastern Anatolia is the smallest, yet the most densely populated region among the seven major geographic constituents of Turkey. Situated in the Upper Mesopotamia, Southeastern Anatolia was also the northernmost extension of the Fertile Crescent, which is often considered as the earliest cradle of civilisation.
To investigate the autosomal STR polymorphisms associated with a truly representative population sample pool from Southeastern Anatolia.
Samples from a total of 257 volunteers were analysed by 19-loci autosomal STRs using the commercially available COrDIS Plus Kit. Allele frequencies, statistical parameters of forensic interest and Nei’s D distances with respect to the nearby and distant populations were calculated, besides performing exact tests of population differentiation with the same populations.