Korean J Leg Med.  2013 Nov;37(4):224-229. 10.7580/kjlm.2013.37.4.224.

Genetic Relationship in Bone Samples Using SNP-Based Human Identification DNA Chip

• Cho S
• Yu HJ
• Han J
• Lee HY
• Lee J
• Lee SD

• KMID: 1928021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2013.37.4.224

Abstract

DNA profiling with sets of short tandem repeat (STR) markers is the most popular method for identifying human DNA in forensics. Identification by STR typing might fail when DNA is degraded or is present in low amounts, such as in disaster victim identification (DVI) samples. In such cases, more information might be obtained by using additional markers such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Multiplex PCR and microarray are convenient techniques to analyze SNP markers. We used an AccuID(TM) Chip, SNP-based DNA chip manufactured by DNA Link Corporation, to confirm genetic relationship between two human bone samples that had been buried for more than 50 years and blood samples from the alleged descendants of the sources of the bone fragments. The chip combines an Affymetrix resequencing array with a multiplex PCR technology and can genotype hundreds of SNP markers in a single experiment. Genotyping the two bone samples yielded 90.5 and 77 SNP markers. The commonly genotyped markers (61 and 47 SNP loci) in each bone-family pair provided high paternity indices to support the genetic relationships in both cases.

Keyword

Single nucleotide polymorphism; Human identification; DNA chip; Bone DNA

MeSH Terms

Disasters
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA*
Forensic Anthropology*
Genotype
Humans*
Microsatellite Repeats
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis*
Paternity
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
DNA

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Sequencing array design. Eight 25-mers are tiled to probe each individual base pair. A single position differs so that each of the four possible nucleotides can be queried on both the sense and antisense strands (a, adapted from reference 4). The probe designed in triplicate provides advantages in the aspect of accuracy, confidence, and reproducibility (b, illustrated by Hyung Jin Yu, DNA Link).

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