Probabilistic expert systems for handling artifacts in complex DNA mixtures

This paper presents a coherent probabilistic framework for taking account of allelic dropout, stutter bands and silent alleles when interpreting STR DNA profiles from a mixture sample using peak size information arising from a PCR analysis. This information can be exploited for evaluating the evidential strength for a hypothesis that DNA from a particular person is present in the mixture. It extends an earlier Bayesian network approach that ignored such artifacts. We illustrate the use of the extended network on a published casework example.     

正常月经周期中阴道液蛋白SDS-PAGGE谱型及特异性

采用 SDS-PAGGE,研究了由21个个体提供的共25份(其中4人提供两个周期)月经周期的阴道液蛋白电泳谱型。结果发现阴道液电泳谱型变化与月经周期无关。通过与其它体液对比发现,阴道液电泳具有特异蛋白带,有器官特异性。     

降解检材STR分型Ladder-Like条带形成原因的探讨

目的探讨降解DNA短串联重复序列PCR扩增产物在PAGE中Ladder-L ike条带的形成原因。方法用一组人工合成的不同长度的D8S1179DNA单链,模拟降解检材中的断裂DNA;利用John M设计的D8S1179引物对模拟模板的DNA单链进行PCR扩增,PAGE分离。结果不同模拟模板的DNA单链的组合可以扩增出不同的Lad-der-L ike条带。结论短串联重复序列Ladder-like条带是PCR过程中降解DNA多态区互补扩增的产物。     

两组引物对无毛囊毛根的PCR-STR分型

目的了解无毛囊毛根的短扩增子引物和通用引物PCR-STR分型在法医实践中应用的可行性。方法应用5对Bulter设计的短扩增子引物D8S1179、D21S11、THO1、D16S539和VWA与其对应的STR通用引物,利用非变性PAGE,对无毛囊毛根进行PCR-STR分型的对比研究。结果短扩增子引物与通用引物对无毛囊毛根分型的正确率:D8S1179为11.4%和17.1%、D21S11为3.7%和5.9%、vWA为22.2%和33.3%、THO1为9.3%和5.6%、D16S539为0和9.2%。毛根的短扩增子引物和通用引物部分STR分型出现了干扰结果的Ladder-like背景条带。结论在对无毛囊毛根检材进行通用引物和短扩增子引物PCR-STR分型时,五个STR位点分型检测的成功率有限,还需注意Ladder-like条带的干扰。     

STR和性别位点PCR产物的荧光自动检测

运用荧光染料标记引物、变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (denaturingpolyacrylamidegelelec trophoresis,denaturingPAGE)结合荧光法检测6个STR位点 (vWA31A、TH01、F13A1、FES、TPOX、CSF1PO)及1个性别鉴定位点(Amelogenin) ,就荧光自动检测的重复性、准确性、分辩力等方面进行了研究 ,建立了6个STR位点等位基因判定视窗及用荧光DNA测序仪进行STR分析的方法 ,实现电脑自动判读结果。结果表明 ,本文所述STR和性别鉴定的自动检测方法可靠、分辨力高 (可达1bp) ,所得数据有助于荧光自动DNA分型软件系统的数据积累。     

Playing the Tune of Citizenship: Indian Brass Bands in the Sierra Norte de Puebla,Mexico, 1876–1911

This article examines popular citizenship practices among the Indians of the Sierra Norte de Puebla (Mexico), focusing on the brass bands that participated in religious and patriotic festivals. Rather than analysing the bands as part of the region’s popular Liberalism, or concentrating on the festivals’ nationalistic content, as previous studies have done, it underlines how the bands’ organisation combined customary Indian practices with Liberal regulations, and transformed both. This resulted in the successful exercise of citizenship providing bandsmen with effective participation in face‐to‐face community life and a form of connection with the wider national sphere.