STR multiplexes have been indispensable for the efficient genotyping of forensic samples. The PowerPlex 16 System contains the coreCODIS loci, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D21S11, CSF1PO, FGA, THOI, TPOX, vWA, the sex determinant locus, amelogenin, and two pentanucleotide STR loci, Penta D and Penta E. This multiplex satisfies the locus requirements for most natio...

Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries. XXVI. ABSTRACT Context. Accurate mass, radius, and abundance determinations from binaries provide important information on stellar evolution, fundamental to central fields in modern astrophysics and cosmology. Aims. We aim to determine absolute dimensions and abundances for the three F-type main-sequence detached eclipsing binaries AD Boo, VZ Hya, and ...

BACKGROUND The Tibeto-Burman (TB) populations are one of the four major linguistic population groups of India. They are considered belonging to different stocks and show wide variation in culture and language; however, their genetic relationship, antiquity and migration history among the regional populations has been little investigated. Molecular genetic studies are expected to clearly show th...

Background and Objective: Short Tandem Repeats (STR) show considerable differences among individuals in the population from which they used for identification. There are various methods for analysis of these STR loci, and capillary electrophoresis method already used as an international standard. Due to the high costs of this process, this study aimed to set up a Multiplex PCR method in some st...

Genetic alterations are considered to play an important role in both biological behavior and progression of human malignancies. However, cancer of gallbladder (CAGB) is an obscure phenomenon and is highly malignant with underprivileged diagnosis and poor survival (Chan et al., 2003). Earlier, we reported a significant higher prevalence of CAGB amongst victims of Bhopal gas tragedy exposed to me...

The amplification and typing conditions for the 13 core CODIS loci and their forensic applicability were evaluated. These loci are CSF1PO, FGA, TH01, TPOX, vWA, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, and D21S11. Results were obtained using the multiplex STR systems AmpFlSTR Profiler Plus and AmpFlSTR COfiler (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA), GenePrint PowerPlex (Promeg...

The Han Ethnic Group is the largest among the 56 ethnic groups in China, accounting for 92% of the total population. The Han people are found in all parts of the country. One study showed that the Han Chinese population was actually substructured in a complex manner, with the main observed clusters roughly corresponding to the Northern-Han, Central-Han, and SouthernHan populations [1]. In the p...

We are currently testing the PowerPlex® 16 System in our laboratory in order to use it routinely and change our current management procedure for casework samples, that is to say, the use of two amplifications (Profiler Plus and Profiler) for one sample. So far, our conclusions are that the PowerPlex® 16 System seems to be a good solution for reference samples (database samples or victims/suspec...