The utility of whole genome amplification for typing compromised forensic samples

Biological evidence has become invaluable in the crime laboratory; however, it may exist in limited quantity and/or quality. Given this, the ability to amplify total DNA obtained from evidence, in an unbiased manner, would be highly advantageous. Methods for whole genome amplification (WGA) have the potential to fulfill this role, resulting in a virtually unlimited supply of DNA. In the research presented, two WGA methods, improved primer extension preamplification and multiple displacement amplification (MDA), were tested using commercial kits. Control DNA, artificially degraded DNA, and DNA from fresh blood, aged blood, hair shafts, and aged bones underwent WGA, followed by short tandem repeat and mitochondrial DNA analysis. The methods did amplify DNA, but performed poorly on forensically relevant samples; the maximum amplicon size was reduced, and MDA often resulted in extraneous bands following polymerase chain reaction. Taken together, WGA appears to be of limited forensic utility unless the samples are of a very high quality.     

云南怒族X染色体5个STR基因座遗传多态性

目的以云南怒族无关个体为研究对象,调查怒族群体DXS6804、DXS6799、DXS8378、DXS7130、DXS7132基因座的基因频率及基因型频率分布,建立群体遗传数据库。方法用聚合酶链反应(PCR)、变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳结合银染的方法,检测100名云南怒族个体X染色体上5个STR基因座的重复序列长度变化。结果云南怒族群体5个STR基因座具有遗传多态性,χ2检验表明多态性分布符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡定律。结论云南怒族群体DXS6804、DXS6799、DXS8378、DXS7130和DXS7132基因座,可用于法医学个体识别、亲子鉴定等研究。     

STR滑脱模型的构建及其影响因素

目的探索建立体外STR滑脱模型,研究STR滑脱产生的影响因素,探讨STR的发生机制。方法首先通过全基因组扩增技术—简并寡核苷酸引物PCR(Degenerateoligonucleotide-primedPCR,DOP)对模板DNA样本进行扩增放大,然后以其产物作为后续STR分析的模板,对以上实验过程中的一系列实验条件进行控制,观察滑脱现象的产生情况。结果初步建立了STR的滑脱模型,观察到了STR滑脱现象的发生。结论STR的发生是一系列综合因素作用的结果,DNA模板用量、MgCl2的浓度、DNA聚合酶的性质、样本以及STR的基序组成等因素均可能参与了这一过程。     

天津汉族人群12个Y-STR基因座的遗传多态性

目的　建立天津汉族 2 10名无关男性人群 12个Y STR基因座单倍型分布基础遗传数据库。探讨其法医学应用价值。方法　应用PowerPlex YSystem (PromegeCorporation ,USA)荧光标记复合扩增系统、ABI 310 /377型基因分析仪进行检测 ,统计各基因座的单倍体基因频率 ,计算其GD值即基因差异性 (GeneDiversi ty)。结果　 12个Y STR基因座中共检出 2 0 8种单倍型。其中 ,2 0 6种单倍型均出现 1次 ,2种单倍型出现 2次。GD值在 0 32 5 9～ 0 8810之间 ,累计GD值 (TGD)为 0 9999988。另对 2 8个父性家系调查显示 :同一家系(2～ 7名男性 ) 12个Y STR基因座单倍型一致。结论　天津汉族 12个Y STR基因座多态性分布良好 ,父系遗传稳定 ,适用于法庭科学中的个体识别和亲权鉴定     

Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Juvenile Offending

With longitudinal data from a sample of 359 adolescent offenders, we tested three measures of social bonding (conventional moral belief, attachment, and commitment/involvement) and deviant peer association as outcomes of low self-control and as mediators of the effect of low self-control on juvenile offending. Low self-control was negatively related to each bonding measure, positively related to deviant peer association, and positively related to offending at follow-up. Its effect on offending was fully mediated by conventional moral belief and attachment. These results provide modest support for a combination of self-control and social bonding perspectives on juvenile offending.     

D1S549基因座分型标准物的克隆制备方法及其群体遗传学研究

目的 采用分子克隆技术建立制备大量优质标准 STR基因座等位基因分型标准物的方法,解决长期困扰 STR分型上存在的准确性和标准化问题。方法 先用 PCR扩增出 D1S549基因座的 8个等位基因片段,将其插入 pUC重组质粒中,经 DNA测序分析证实插入片段的结构及大小,用国际标准将插入的等位基因片段进行命名,最后经转染、扩大培养,扩增及再鉴定后制备出标准的 D1S549等位基因分型标准物。结果应用此分型标准物,调查了成都地区汉族 ,甘肃回族及新疆维族群体 D1S549基因座的基因型分布频率。结论 表明该法制备的 STR基因座等位基因分型标准物适用于法医学鉴定实践, D1S549基因座是一个适合我国群体分析和法医学遗传分析的遗传标记。     

中国汉族人群15个STR基因座的等位基因频率调查

目的 调查10071名中国汉族无关个体15个STR基因座的等位基因的类型及其频率，并与以往相关文献报道的汉族群体资料进行统计比较。方法 应用PowerPlex~(TM)16荧光标记复合扩增系统，对10071份中国汉族无关个体的血样DNA进行15个STR基因座的复合扩增；用ABI 377或3100遗传分析仪对扩增产物进行分型，统计15个STR基因座的基因频率。结果 15个STR基因座共发现226个等位基因，频率在0.0001～0.5512；除D8S1179基因座外，其它基因座均发现稀有等位基因，数目1～7个不等，共34个。在中国汉族人群，稀有D21S11基因座的等位基因32.1和36.2，D18S51基因座的等位基因15.2和17.2，Penta E基因座的等位基因15.2、17.4、18.4、19.4、26和27，D7S820基因座的等位基因9.2、10.1、11.1和15，Penta D基因座的等位基因18、19和20，TPOX基因座的等位基因14，FGA基因座的等位基因13，以及较常见但欧洲稀有的D21S11基因座的等位基因30.3和D7S820基因座的等位基因9.1和9.2等均为首次报道。结论 大样本基因频率调查有利于观察STR基因座的稀有等位基因；本研究结果与以往相关文献报道的结果有不同程度的差异。     

应用MVR-PCR和银染法分析河北汉族人群D1S8基因座DNA结构多态性

研究D1S8基因座重复序列内部的变异,并进行数字编码。应用MVR－PCR和聚丙烯酰胺梯度凝胶电泳银染法对240名河北汉人无关个体进行检测。结果每个个体得到约30个数字编码,未发现任何两无关个体所有编码相同,30个编码完全相同的概率为3．55×10－11。3种重复单位a-型、t-型、o-型出现的频率分别为54.77％、42．54％、2．69％。为小卫星变异重复序列的研究及其在法医实践中的应用提供了一种新方法。     

Wages of Sin? The Link Between Offending, Lifestyle and Violent Victimisation

In this study the authors examine whether there is a link between offending and violent victimisation. They explore the extent to which this link can be explained by differences in people's lifestyle. In keeping with recent criminological developments, they seek to explain differences in the risk of violent victimisation throughout peoples life course. For this purpose, data has been analysed on the past 25 years in the lives of 1,939 respondents, who constituted a representative sample of the Dutch population in 1996. The data was taken from the Netherlands Survey of Criminality and Law Enforcement. For each year of their life, data were recorded on the respondents' marital, fertility, residential, educational and employment history. What is more, for each year in this period, data are available on their violent victimisation and their offending. The data was analysed with multi-level models. The results show that people who engage in violent crimes and vandalism are at greater risk of being victims than people who do not and that this relationship can only be partially explained by lifestyle.