Performance characteristics of commercial Y-STR multiplex systems

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1025-1034

  Mayntz Press, Kathleen A ^a,b   Ballantyne, Jack ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied Biosystems AmpF STR Yfiler PCR Amplification Kit; DNA analysis; Forensic science; MPB; MPI; Multiplex systems; Postcoital interval; Promega PowerPlex Y System; Reliagene Y PLEX 12; Y short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYZER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOOD STAINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COITUS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 34548357010     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00524.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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