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.