DNA relationship testing using autosomal short tandem repeats (FSR-G-228)
Standards and guidance for those forensic practitioners providing relationship testing services using autosomal DNA short tandem repeat profiling.
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This document applies only to short tandem repeat (STR) markers, although the ethos of the guidelines can be applied to other classes of autosomal markers such as In/Dels and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
Testing using uniparentally inherited markers located on the sex chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA is specifically excluded.
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