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- Title
Increasing Allele Detection by Altering the Quantity of Internal Lane Standard.
- Authors
Esparza, Jessica M.; Michalik, Monnie; Dukes, Mary Jones; Wojtkiewicz, Patrick
- Abstract
Electrokinetic injection ( EI) is the primary method used in forensic laboratories to load amplified PCR product in capillary electrophoresis for short tandem repeat ( STR) fragment separation. Because all samples subjected to capillary electrophoresis use internal lane standard ( ILS), this study investigated the consequence of varying the volume of ILS and its effects on allele peak heights and number of alleles detected. Results demonstrated that when the volume of ILS is reduced, the average peak height and number of alleles increased, thereby increasing the sensitivity of the detection method. Sizing anomalies were observed; however, they did not adversely affect accuracy and precision. The method developed in this study offers a simple and universal procedure to increase the alleles detected in forensic STR analysis. Reducing the volume of ILS to achieve greater sensitivity is applicable to all STR amplification kits and capillary electrophoresis instruments currently used in forensic DNA analysis.
- Subjects
FORENSIC anthropology; FORENSIC anthropology laboratories; FORENSIC science equipment; FORENSIC sciences; CRIMINAL investigation
- Publication
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2016, Vol 61, pS213
- ISSN
0022-1198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1556-4029.12945