A search for obligatory paternal alleles in a DNA database to find an alleged rapist in a fatherless paternity case |
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Authors: | Barash Mark Reshef Ayeleth Voskoboinik Lev Zamir Ashira Motro Uzi Gafny Ron |
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Affiliation: | Forensic DNA and Biology Laboratory, Division of Identification and Forensic Science (DIFS), Israel Police National Headquarters, Jerusalem, Israel. mbarash@bond.edu.au |
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Abstract: | Abstract: A sexual assault case resulted in a pregnancy, which was subsequently aborted. The alleged father of the fetus was unknown. Maternal and fetal types were obtained using the 11‐locus AmpF?STR® SGM Plus® kit. The national DNA database was searched for the paternal obligatory alleles and detected two suspects who could not be excluded as father of the male fetus. Additional typing using the AmpF?STR® Minifiler? kit, containing three additional autosomal loci, was not sufficient to exclude either suspect. Subsequent typing using the PowerPlex® 16, containing four additional loci, and Y‐Filer? kits resulted in excluding one suspect. Searching a database for paternal obligatory alleles can be fruitful, but is fraught with possible false positive results so that finding a match must be taken as only preliminary evidence. |
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Keywords: | forensic science forensic DNA analysis sexual assault paternity DNA database AmpFℓSTR® SGM Plus® AmpFℓSTR® Minifiler™ PowerPlex® 16 AmpFℓSTR® YFiler® |
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