A case of multiple assignments (paternity/maternity) in an equine-out breeding system

Recently, the use of DNA markers has provided a more accurate method of identifying individuals and verifying parentage. In this report, we describe foal assignment in a farm bred jumping horses (Silla argentino). Ten mares were freely served by two stallions, resulting in nine foals. Weaning occurred without registration of the mare of each offspring, resulting in a failure to identify either the mare or the sire of each foal. Animals were typed using 12 microsatellite systems and four biochemical polymorphisms in order to determine the paternity/maternity of each foal. We used the CERVUS program to evaluate the parentage of each offspring. It was possible to determine maternity in eight cases, and paternity in all of them. We concluded that this set of codominant markers analyzed following a likelihood-based approach included in the CERVUS package, are useful tools to solve parentage assignments in domestic horses.     

亲权指数和个体识别似然比计算软件的开发与应用

目的建立计算亲子鉴定亲权指数(PI)和个体识别似然比(LR)的计算软件。方法依据相关行业规范和文献中给出的计算方法,利用计算机语言Visual Basic 6.0编写程序。结果开发出适用于PI和LR的计算软件。结论该计算软件可以帮助工作人员提高计算效率,服务法医物证工作。     

2例亲权鉴定案中的嵌合体STR谱分析

先天性基因嵌合体由遗传获得,是胚胎早期两个不同受精卵相互混合或血管交叉吻合继而发育成的一个包含两套（种）不同细胞系的个体。分为血型嵌合体（twin chimeras）和全身器官组织嵌合体（whole body chimerasl两种。本文通过两例亲权鉴定中发现的男性先天性嵌合体及其家族成员常染色体、性染色体的STR谱遗传分析,探讨先天性基因嵌合体的类型、发生、基因嵌合现象在不同组织中的表现及其作为证据可能在法庭科学调查中存在的风险。分析结果表明,两例男性Y—STR单倍型显示正常,分别与其男性家族成员Y—STR单倍型一致。但其在常染色体和X染色体上的STR基因表现嵌合现象,分别是在胚胎发育早期由男性-女性、男性-男性的异卵双生子发生融合并发育而成的的全身器官组织嵌合体。嵌合体上不同来源组织的STR等位基因强度显示不均衡状态。     

Genetic analysis of erythrocyte uridine monophosphate kinase and aminolevulinate dehydrase and its application to paternity testing

Simultaneous determination of uridine monophosphate kinase (UMPK) and aminolevulinate dehydrase (ALAD) has been carried out after discontinuous starch gel electrophoresis in the Galician population (NW Spain), including 129 families with a total of 291 descendents. Formal genetic studies are in agreement with the autosomal codominant way of inheritance for each locus. No evidence of phenotype association between both loci among the offspring is observed. Chance of exclusion for non-fathers is 0.041 13 for UMPK and 0.0702 for ALAD configuring a total exclusion rate of 0.1085 when both systems are evaluated together.     

Possible pitfalls in motherless paternity analysis with related putative fathers

Nowadays, more and more paternity cases are carried out investigating only child and putative father, mostly for economical or private reasons. Usually, reliable results can be obtained and the putative father can be included or ruled out with a high certainty. Considerable problems might arise when a relative of the biological father is investigated as being the putative father. In this study, we investigated 164 persons from 27 families creating artificial deficiency cases using the AmpFlSTRIdentifiler kit, which amplifies 15 STRs simultaneously. We analyzed 93 child/biological father pairs and the corresponding uncles, respectively the brothers of the biological fathers. The average paternity probability for the biological father was 99.9699% (paternity index (PI): 3321.26); only in three cases the results were under 99.9%. In five out of 125 child/uncle pairs no STR mismatches were found and paternity probabilities between 99.9726% (PI 3652) and 99.9970% (PI 33,545) were calculated. The average number of excluding loci was 3.4, but in 31.2% of the cases only zero, one or two mismatches were found. When both putative fathers were genetically typed, the biological father usually had a statistically higher paternity probability. Nevertheless, the differences between probabilities for father and uncle were only small. These results show that a reliable investigation of deficiency cases (i.e. child and putative father) seems to be more difficult than generally assumed. Especially in cases with an unknown familiar background and/or when investigating foreigners for immigration purposes, the laboratory expert should include the mother, increase the number of investigated loci or include a second method such as RFLP-analysis, some serological systems or typing of X-chromosome specific STRs to further ascertain the results.     

Probability of exclusion in paternity testing: time to reassess

The average exclusion probability is a measure of efficiency in paternity testing; it refers to the a priori ability of a battery of tests to detect paternity inconsistencies. This parameter measures the capacity of the system to detect a false accusation of paternity. Traditionally, this average exclusion probability has been estimated as the probability of excluding a man who is not the father by an inconsistency in at least one of the studied loci. We suggest that this criterion should be corrected, as currently the presumed father is excluded when at least three genetic inconsistencies are found with the child being tested, not just one. This change of criterion has occurred because of the use of microsatellite loci, whose mutation rates are much greater than those of the coding genes used previously in paternity studies. We propose the use of the average probability of exclusion for at least three loci (not only one), as an honest measure of the combined probability of exclusion of several loci, and we propose an algebraic expression to calculate it.     

Selection of twenty-four highly informative SNP markers for human identification and paternity analysis in Koreans

A number of DNA marker types suitable for human identification and parentage testing have been developed, of which single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) merit attention as they are abundant, genetically stable, and amenable to high-throughput automated analysis. In this regard, 24 highly informative SNP markers representing each 22 autosome and both sex chromosomes were selected, and the allele and genotype frequencies of these SNPs were determined in a group composed of 30 unrelated Koreans. Based on frequency data from this group, the estimated probability of identity (P(I)) and probability of paternity exclusion (P(E)) with 22 autosomal SNP loci were 1.905x10(-10) and 98.9%, respectively. The SNPs in this study offer a small but highly accurate database that will be an essential reference for SNP-based forensic application in the future.     

True paternity or exclusion: analysis in the case of a deceased party

State-of-the-art technology can play a significant role in solving forensic and parentage problem cases if an expert scientist is employed in the analysis and interpretation of test results. As presented in this paper, there are differences of opinion among witnesses examining the same evidence, therefore illustrating the need for careful examination of evidence even by the expert.     

上海地区D1S80位点基因频率分布及其在亲子鉴定中的应用

目的：将D1S80位点的DNA多态性分析应用于亲子鉴定。方法;PCR、聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳及溴已锭染色。结果：获得D1S80位点的DNA多态性分布数据。结论：D1S80位点的PCR检测方法可成功地用于亲权纠纷案的鉴定。     

Mutations at Y-STR loci: implications for paternity testing and forensic analysis

Knowledge about mutation rates and the mutational process of Y-chromosomal short-tandem-repeat (STR) or microsatellite loci used in paternity testing and forensic analysis is crucial for the correct interpretation of resulting genetic profiles. Therefore, we recently analysed a total of 4999 male germline transmissions from father/son pairs of confirmed paternity (probability > or = 99.9%) at 15 Y-STR loci which are commonly applied to forensics. We identified 14 mutations. Locus specific mutation rate estimates varied between 0 and 8.58 x 10(-3), and the overall average mutation rate estimate was 2.80 x 10(-3) (95% CIL 1.72 x 10(-3)-4.27 x 10(-3)). In two confirmed father/son pairs mutation at two Y-STRs were observed. The probability of two mutations occurring within the same single germline transmission was estimated to be statistically not unexpected. Additional alleles caused by insertion polymorphisms have been found at a number of Y-STRs and a frequency of 0.12% was estimated for DYS19. The observed mutational features for Y-STRs have important consequences for forensic applications such as the definition of criteria for exclusions in paternity testing and the interpretation of genetic profiles in stain analysis. In order to further enrich our knowledge of Y-STR mutations we suggest the establishment of a Y-STR mutation database and ask the forensic community for data contribution.     

CODIS位点在排除亲权中的应用价值

目的 对 CODIS位点 (FGA、 vWA、 CSF1PO、 TH01、 TPOX、 D3S1358、 D5S818、 D7S820、 D8S1179、 D13S317、 D16S539、 D18S51和 D21S11共 13个 STR位点 )在 100例排除亲权的亲子鉴定中的应用价值进行研究。方法 采用 Profiler Plus及 Cofiler荧光标记复合扩增系统,通过 310遗传分析仪对上述二个检测体系扩增产物的基因型进行分析。结果 在排除亲权的母亲－孩子－假设父亲三联体组中,所有观察案例其出现的排除指标数都在 3个以上,平均排除指标数为 6.63个;在假设父亲－孩子二联体组中, 94.0％的观察案例其排除指标数均在 3个以上,平均排除指标数为 5.01个。结论 CODIS位点在排除亲权的二联体和三联体组合亲子鉴定中,都符合鉴定应用要求 ;选择多态性较高的位点与增加排除指标存在直接的联系,以 DP、 H、 PE作为衡量 DNA位点应用价值的指标在具体鉴定实践中是可靠和可行的。     

亲子关系诉讼中的亲子鉴定推定及其改革

最高人民法院于2011年创制的亲子鉴定推定以实现亲子确认诉讼的确定性解决为目标,主要的缺陷是模糊了举证证明责任制度的程序地位、与举证证明责任的程序功能相悖、适用条件模糊。作为其理论依据的证明妨碍理论难以为亲子鉴定推定提供正当性,事实上域外很少有采用亲子鉴定推定的立法,即使个别采亲子鉴定推定立法例的国家,司法中对之的适用也非常谨慎。应对亲子确认诉讼中,当事人一方拒绝配合协助鉴定的情况,可以坚持直接强制为原则,并辅之鉴定材料的替代获取。     

DNA profile evidence in complex disputed paternity cases: The analysis of 300 real cases

In disputed paternity cases where the putative father is unavailable DNA from one or more of his relatives could be used. However, interpreting results is often difficult, because of the partial information regarding the parental genotype obtained from his relatives. We analyzed results obtained in 300 real paternity cases performed through close relatives of the real father (sib, half-sibs, one grandparent and/or uncle). DNA was typed with PowerPlex (Promega) and the LR estimated with the Software BDGen. As expected the higher LR values were achieved with sibs and half-sibs (in such cases where his/her mother was available for testing). The LR values were tight related to the number of uninformative loci, which varied between 0 and 13. In 10% of the reviewed cases, 10 or more non-informative loci were observed; all of them associated LR values below 0.01. Thus, providing evidence in favor of no relatedness.     

对Cofiler体系在亲子鉴定中应用价值的研究

将商品化 Profiler Plus和 Cofiler扩增检测试剂盒用于亲子鉴定案例和无关个体血样的分析。 186例亲子鉴定案中,母－子－假设父三联体 149例,假设父－子二联体 37例。在 149例含双亲和孩子的鉴定中,有 127例认定存在亲生血缘关系,其 RCP值平均为 99.98％;其余 22例排除了被检父为孩子生父,排除机率为 14.77％,排除指标平均为 6.1个。在 37例含单亲及孩子的鉴定中,有 23例认定存在亲生血缘关系,其 RCP值平均为 99.92％;其余 14例排除被检父为孩子生父,排除机率为 37.84％,平均有 5个不吻合的 STR位点出现。若特意省去三人组合案例中的母亲,将其作为单亲案件进行统计,仅检测 Profiler Plus体系的 9个 STR位点时,则 RCP值平均为 99.1959％,案例中 21.51％将不能得出明确的结论。同时检测 Profiler Plus和 Cofiler体系共 13个 STR位点,则案例中 97.31％能排除或认定生父,案例中 2.69％通过补充母亲样本能排除或认定生父。 Cofiler体系中 6个 STR位点的累积排除率达 0.9825。上述数据表明, Cofiler试剂盒在单亲鉴定案件中有着重要的应用价值。     

The use of chromosomes in paternity actions

The authors performed paternity investigations for many years by the order of the court and on this basis they give expert opinion in discussed paternity cases. In recent years opinion was given with the help of chromosome studies in cases where neither blood group nor anthropology investigations were decisive. From a couple of hundred persons the thickening of the heterochromatic part of the chromosomes studied by C-band methods is evaluated (1, 9, 16, Y) and (within this) the occurrence of total or partial inversion is observed. The frequency of polymorphism was studied among the chromosomes investigated by the C-band technique. From these data the authors aimed at deducing exact relationship: and forming the most exact possible expert's opinion in this problem which is of social significance as well.