title: Analysis of 6 VNTR loci by 'multiplex' PCR and automated fluorescent detection.
abstract: The polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify six small variable number of tandem repeat loci in two reactions (D19S20 co-amplifying with D17S5 and D1S80; D17S766 co-amplifying with D16S83 and D17S24). When coupled with fluorescent detection of the products, this provides a rapid, highly discriminating automated test. Preferential amplification of small alleles, leading to 'allelic dropout' was found to occur in D19S20 and D16S83. Population databases are presented for Caucasians and Afro-Caribbeans at loci D19S20, D16S83 and D17S24, and for Asians at D19S20.
authors.affiliation: Central Research and Support Establishment, Home Office Forensic Science, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tully
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA