| Chapter title |
A Practical Guide to the HIrisPlex System: Simultaneous Prediction of Eye and Hair Color from DNA.
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 17 |
| Book title |
Forensic DNA Typing Protocols
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3597-0_17 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3595-6, 978-1-4939-3597-0
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| Authors |
Susan Walsh, Manfred Kayser |
| Editors |
William Goodwin |
| Abstract |
The HIrisPlex system, which consists of two parts, allows the simultaneous prediction of eye and hair color from DNA, e.g., samples extracted from crime scene evidence. The first part is a highly sensitive multiplex genotyping assay consisting of 24 DNA markers using SNaPshot™ chemistry, for analysis on all Capillary Electrophoresis machines. The second part consists of statistical models that respectively establish eye and hair color prediction probabilities from complete and incomplete genotype profiles using parameters generated from large genotype and phenotype databases. This combined prediction tool constitutes the online system freely available to users. Here we provide a practical guide on how to use the HIrisPlex system for forensic and other DNA applications. |
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