Validation of the Applied Biosystems Prism 377 automated sequencer for the forensic short tandem repeat analysis |
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Authors: | RR Frazier ES Millican SK Watson NJ Oldroyd RL Sparkles KM Taylor S Panchal L Bark CP Kimpton PD Gill |
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Affiliation: | Forensic Science Service, Birmingham, UK. |
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Abstract: | The Applied Biosystems (ABI) Prism 377 DNA sequencer has been evaluated in an attempt to increase the throughput of samples for short tandem repeat (STR) analysis, in both forensic casework and the UK National Criminal Intelligence DNA Database. The gel system assessed consisted of 0.2 mm, 4% acrylamide 6 M urea gels, with a well-to-read distance of 36 cm. Gels were run at a constant voltage of 3 kV and constant temperature of 51 degrees C. The run time of our second generation multiplex (SGM) STR system was achieved in less than 2 h. Rigorous validation has been performed on the instrument hardware and software. Complete resolution of 1 base differences was obtained, up to and beyond 350 bases; sizing precision across gels was more than 2-fold higher than the 373A and the sensitivity was increased by one third. |
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