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A search for obligatory paternal alleles in a DNA database to find an alleged rapist in a fatherless paternity case.
Journal of forensic sciences - 1 Jul 2012
Barash Mark, Reshef Ayeleth, Voskoboinik Lev, Zamir Ashira, Motro Uzi, Gafny Ron
Abstract excerpt
A sexual assault case resulted in a pregnancy, which was subsequently aborted. The alleged father of the fetus was unknown. Maternal and fetal types were obtained using the 11-locus AmpFℓSTR(®) SGM Plus(®) kit. The national DNA database was searched for the paternal obligatory alleles and detected two suspects who could not be excluded as father of the male fetus. Additional typing using the AmpFℓSTR(®)...
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