DNA analysis for paternity testing and forensic identification

Pineda Bernal, L.

Acta Cientifica Venezolana 50(1): 24-28

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5504
PMID: 10513034
Document Number: 507954
Non coding DNA of human genome contains an important part of tandem repetitive DNA which last years has been extensively applied to solve paternity disputes and individual identification cases. A class of this DNA are minisatellites and microsatellites loci. Such loci are highly polimorphics because they have a multiple of different alleles to make them ideals genetic markers for these purposes. This article is a review about these loci, methods of their analysis and practical aspects about their applications to determine biological paternity or individual identification in the forensic genetic field are considered.

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