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Effectiveness of whole genome amplification prior to short tandem repeat analysis for degraded DNA.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Nov 2020
Machida Mitsuyo, Kibayashi Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Short tandem repeat (STR) analysis is prone to failure as DNA is frequently damaged by various environmental factors; hence, increasing the number of starting templates may constitute a feasible approach to improve STR profiling success. Whole genome amplification (WGA) is often applied to bolster starting template quantity. Moreover, WGA can reportedly be used on degraded DNA samples in forensics. Therefore, we...
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