title: A new method for sex determination based on detection of SRY, STS and amelogenin gene regions with simultaneous amplification of their homologous sequences by a multiplex PCR.
abstract: We have developed a new method for sex determination based on simultaneous detection of the SRY (sex-determining region Y), STS (steroid sulfatase) and amelogenin (AMELX and AMELY) gene regions and their homologous sequences. The sex of 246 blood samples was correctly determined by this method. An AMELY-deleted male sample, which would have been erroneously considered female based solely on analysis of the amelogenin locus, was successfully identified as male by the present method. The detection limit of this method was 63 pg of genomic DNA, and the male DNA component could be detected from mixed samples having a male:female ratio as low as 1:10. This method was useful for degraded DNA and possessed the human specificity. Practical application to 35 autopsy cases is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyaishi
mesh_terms: D053523:Amelogenin / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D051876:Sex-Determining Region Y Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D043266:Steryl-Sulfatase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053523:Amelogenin; C497745:SRY protein, human; D051876:Sex-Determining Region Y Protein; D043266:Steryl-Sulfatase