Medico-Legal Applications of Multiplex STR System to Show Allel Frequencies of D16S 539, D13S317, and D7S820 in Iraqis

Mahmood Gazi, Hussein; Shafik Tawfeek, Mohammed; Ghazi Hashim, Nabeel; Hadi Lazim, Hayder

	Medico-Legal Applications of Multiplex STR System to Show Allel Frequencies of D16S 539, D13S317, and D7S820 in Iraqis
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal
Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 542-548 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Hussein Mahmood Gazi; Mohammed Shafik Tawfeek; Nabeel Ghazi Hashim; Hayder Hadi Lazim
Abstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Disputed paternity is one of the most important medico-legal problems in Iraq. In addition to identification of unknown corpses. Paternity cases are resolved by doing ABO typing and HLA serotyping and both are less accurate than DNA typing. To our knowledge this is the first study of such type in Iraq. OBJCTIVE: To show the medico-legal importance of determination of allel frequencies in Iraqi population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Whole blood was obtained in EDTA tubes by venepuncture from 38 individuals. The DNA was extracted using the Wizard Genomic DNA Purification Kit and the quantity was estimated by UV-absorbance. The multiplex analysis of D16S539, D7S720, and D13S317 was performed using the Gene Print STR Multiplex system. Amplification was performed in eppendorf thermal cycler. The PCR products were typed by vertical electrophoresis on 0.4 mm thick 7% denaturing polyacrylamide gel and silver staining. RESULTS: In our study the DNA fingerprinting test has high accuracy rate. CONCLUSION: Since the DNA typing is the most accurate method so it can be routinely used as a paternity test, it is the only test that can meet the increasingly imperative demand to resolve the social and judicial problems involved in paternity suits and other medico-legal problems.
Keywords
medico; legal; multiplex str system; allel frequencies

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