Human sex determination using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

A sex determination method has been developed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) which involved the amplification of the sex-determining region Y (SRY) gene and the amplification of the HLA-DQa gene as an internal control. This method, which can be applied to old and degraded DNA samples, all...

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Published inScience & justice Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 93 - 95
Main Authors Finch, J.L., Hope, R.M., van Daal, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.1996
Subjects
Base Sequence
DNA
DNA - genetics
Female
Forensic Medicine
Forensic science
Human
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Sex determination
Sex Determination Analysis - methods
Human
Forensic science
Sex determination
DNA
PCR
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Summary:A sex determination method has been developed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) which involved the amplification of the sex-determining region Y (SRY) gene and the amplification of the HLA-DQa gene as an internal control. This method, which can be applied to old and degraded DNA samples, allowed confident sexing of biological samples producing readily identifiable PCR products using two sets of primers in the one PCR reaction. The PCR products were short DNA sequences of 139bp and 239/242bp for the SRY and HLA-DQa regions respectively. The application of this method in forensic science will allow determination of the gender of perpetrators of crimes involving biological materials.
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ISSN:1355-0306
1876-4452
DOI:10.1016/S1355-0306(96)72572-8