A novel mutation at the AMEL primer binding region on the Y chromosome in AMELY negative male.

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Gender identification in forensic DNA typing is an important tool for criminal investigation as well as STR typing. Most methods are based on a size difference of amelogenin X and Y (AMELX and AMELY). There have been some reports that the method by amelogenin (AMEL) incorrectly typed some males as females because the AMELY allele is not detected. AMELY allele dropout is often caused by deletions encompassing...

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