Newborn genetic identification: a protocol using microsatellite DNA as an alternative to footprinting

Newborn identification by foot- or finger-printing presents serious drawbacks. This study proposes an alternative method based on DNA analysis of blood-spots taken from the newborn child. CSF1PO, TPOX and TH01 microsatellite loci were chosen to develop a fast and reliable protocol to be applied in c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinica chimica acta 1997-07, Vol.263 (1), p.33-42
Hauptverfasser: de Pancorbo, Marian M, Rodrı́guez-Alarcón, Justino, Castro, Azucena, Fernández-Fernández, Isabel, Melchor, Juan Carlos, Linares, Alberto, Garcı́a-Orad, Africa, Fernández-Llebrez del Rey, Luis, Aranguren, Gabriel, Santillana, Luis
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Zusammenfassung:Newborn identification by foot- or finger-printing presents serious drawbacks. This study proposes an alternative method based on DNA analysis of blood-spots taken from the newborn child. CSF1PO, TPOX and TH01 microsatellite loci were chosen to develop a fast and reliable protocol to be applied in cases where it is suspected that newborn children have been exchanged. The advantage of these loci is that one can simultaneously amplify them by PCR multiplex reaction and determine their alleles, thereby reducing the time needed for identification tests. Moreover, the amplification products of these loci are very small (
ISSN:0009-8981
1873-3492
DOI:10.1016/S0009-8981(97)06553-4