Development and validation of Non-CODIS miniSTR genotyping systems suitable for forensic case work in South Africa

Description

Magister Scientiae - MSc / The objective of this study was to develop and validate a six Non-CODIS miniSTR genotyping system and to determine its suitability for forensic casework in South Africa. In Non-CODIS miniSTR genotyping systems, smaller PCR products are amplified and the primers are positioned as close as possible to the repeat region. For this reason, these systems can be valuable in a variety of scenarios including complex paternity cases, missing persons work, and mass fatality disasters. / South Africa

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2657

Tags

Forensics

Mini short tandem repeats (miniSTRs)

Loci

Non-CODIS (NC)

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

DNA sequencing

Degraded DNA

Internal validation

Population Studies

Allele frequencies

Forensic parameters

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/2657
Date	January 2010
Creators	Abrahams, Zainonesa
Contributors	Benjeddou, Mongi, Dept. of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science
Publisher	University of the Western Cape
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Rights	University of the Western Cape