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01.07.2008 | Technical Note

Amelogenin sex determination by pyrosequencing of short PCR products

verfasst von: Frank Tschentscher, Ulrich H. Frey, Thomas Bajanowski

Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Ausgabe 4/2008

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Abstract

We developed an assay, which allows the sex determination of human DNA samples by pyrosequencing of short PCR products. A 48/45-bp stretch including primers of the amelogenin gene with a 3-bp insertion on the Y chromosome was chosen for analysis. In an initial study, we correctly typed 50 male and 50 female DNA samples from unrelated donors. First experiments with forensic samples, which failed in conventional analyses, indicate that this approach might be an advantage when dealing with degraded DNA.
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Metadaten
Titel
Amelogenin sex determination by pyrosequencing of short PCR products
verfasst von
Frank Tschentscher
Ulrich H. Frey
Thomas Bajanowski
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2008
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
International Journal of Legal Medicine / Ausgabe 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-008-0228-4

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