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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Report on the second EDNAP collaborative STR exercise

Barry P. RosenH. PfitzingerB. MevågMarina DoboszC. KimptonA. KratzerV. JohnssonPeter MartinPatrick P. J. PhillipsA.d. KloostermanJ AndersenBirthe EriksenMaria Conceição VideS. RandPeter M. SchneiderH. SchmitterAngel CarracedoC. Konialis

subject

Geneticsmedicine.medical_specialtyDNA profilingMulticenter studyFamily medicinemedicineStr lociHumfes fpsPsychologyLawPathology and Forensic Medicine

description

This report describes an inter-laboratory exercise completed on behalf of the European DNA Profiling (EDNAP) group. The exercise is one in a series designed to identify STR loci which could be used for harmonisation between participating European forensic science laboratories. Participants were asked to identify the alleles present in five bloodstains at the STR loci HUMTHO1 and HUMVWFA31/A. Two of the stains were prepared from mixtures of two different blood samples. There were no special instructions and each laboratory was requested to use the methodology normally employed for crime case investigations. All participating laboratories achieved the same results for both loci. In addition, the laboratories were also requested to report the results obtained from any other loci which would normally be used in crime case investigations. A comparison of these results showed some inter-laboratory variation.

https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-0738(94)01660-w