Extended PCR conditions to reduce drop-out frequencies in low template STR typing including unequal mixtures

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-107

  Weiler, Natalie E C ^a   Matai, Anuska S ^a   Sijen, Titia ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allele drop out; Annealing time; Consensus; Genotyping; Low template DNA; Short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ALLELE DROPOUT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTENDED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC STABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LOW TEMPLATE DNA TYPING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIMULATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ALLELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 82655181286     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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