title: [The evaluation of Identifiler system in paternity testing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the power of Identifiler System for paternity testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 3 277 paternity testing cases were studied using Identifiler System. The exclusion power and mutation rates of the Identifiler System were analysed in the paternity testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cumulated power of exclusion was 0.999 998 827, and the cumulated discriminating power was 0.999 999 999 999 999 98, respectively. Of the 3 277 cases, paternity was confirmed in 2 863, but excluded in 347. Among this paternity testing, mutations involving a single STR locus were observed in 65 cases, while mutations involving 2 STR loci were observed in 2 cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Identifiler System is powerful and reliable for paternity testing.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, PR China. quetz@ssfjd.cn
authors.forename: Ting-Zhi
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Que
authors.forename: Pin-Hua
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002681:China; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D053803:Forensic Genetics / Q000379:methods*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000379:methods; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009154:Mutation; D010334:Paternity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011336:Probability; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*