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Male amelogenin dropouts: phylogenetic context, origins and implications.
Forensic science international - 2 Mar 2007
Cadenas A M, Regueiro M, Gayden T, Singh N, Zhivotovsky L A, Underhill P A, Herrera R J
Abstract excerpt
Several commercial PCR multiplex kits incorporate the amelogenin locus for the purpose of human gender identification. Consequently, erroneous results in the electropherogram profile of this locus can carry important forensic implications. In this study, dropout of the amelogenin Y allele was detected in 5 out of 77 phenotypically normal Kathmandu males using the AmpFlSTR Identifiler kit. A battery of...
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