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The short tandem repeat system FES/FPS was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 211 unrelated Austrians and analysed by horizontal, non-denaturing electrophoresis. The allele distribution was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. No mutations were found in 25 families (50 meioses). The mean exclusion chance was 0.49, the discriminating power 0.86 and the heterozygosity rate 74.4%. Amplification could be achieved with as little as 100 pg of high molecular weight DNA, which could be reduced to 75 pg by using 32 instead of 30 cycles. By reamplifying 1 μl for another 15 cycles, the threshold could be reduced to less than 20 pg. In a degradation experiment DNA extracted from bloodstains stored for up to 24 days in a moist chamber and DNA boiled for up to 18 min could be amplified.
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Klintschar, M. Validation of the STR system FES/FPS for forensic purposes in an Austrian population sample. Int J Leg Med 108, 162–164 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01844830
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