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Over the past few years many laboratories worldwide have introduced analysis of DNA polymorphisms as a routine method for forensic purposes. In particular, VNTRs, investigated by PCR, have reached an important position after considerable development. At present laboratories are studying a further series of highly polymorphic loci whose polymorphism derives from a dimeric-trimeric-tetrameric tandem repeated core sequence, named short tandem repeats (STRs) (Weber and May 1989; Edwards et a1.1991). The aim of the present study was to investigate two of these STRs, HUMTH01 (Edwards et al. 1992) and HUMvWA31 (Kimpton et al. 1992) to evaluate:1) allele frequencies in an Italian population sample, and 2) their efficiency for personal identification on aged bloodstains from various substrates.
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Tagliabracci, A., Buscemi, L., Cucurachi, N., Ferrara, S.D. (1995). Forensic Application of Two Short Tandem Repeat Systems: HUMTH01 and HUMvWA31. In: Mangin, P., Ludes, B. (eds) Acta Medicinæ Legalis Vol. XLIV 1994. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79523-7_32
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