title: [DNA analysis for paternity testing and forensic identification].
abstract: Non coding DNA of human genome contains an important part of tandem repetitive DNA which last years has been extensively applied to solve paternity disputes and individual identification cases. A class of this DNA are minisatellites and microsatellites loci. Such loci are highly polimorphics because they have a multiple of different alleles to make them ideals genetic markers for these purposes. This article is a review about these loci, methods of their analysis and practical aspects about their applications to determine biological paternity or individual identification in the forensic genetic field are considered.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Unidad de Genética Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela. lpineda@luz.ve
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pineda Bernal
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010334:Paternity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004247:DNA