4. ● Very small amounts of DNA template
● DNA degraded to fragments ( few hundred base
pairs) can serve as effective templates for
amplification.
● Large numbers of copies of specific DNA sequences
can be amplified(multiplex PCR reactions)
● Contaminant DNA (from fungal and bacterial
sources) will not amplify because human-specific
primers.
● Commercial kits are now available for easy PCR
reaction setup and amplification
5. ● The target DNA template may not amplify
due to the presence of PCR inhibitors in the
extracted DNA.
● Amplification may fail due to sequence
changes in the primer-binding region of the
genomic DNA template.
● Contamination from other human DNA
sources besides the forensic evidence at
hand or previously amplified DNA samples is
possible without careful laboratory
technique and validated protocols
13. PCR Primer Improvements
✓ use of fluorescent dye tags
✓ non-nucleotide linkers to
alter the electrophoretic
mobility of the PCR product
✓ extra forward or reverse
primers to cover multiple
primer binding site
possibilities
✓ Extra (degenerate) primer
✓ high-stability analogs
(Increases primer annealing
stability)
15. Other Taq Polymerase
Bio-X-Act Short
(Bioline, London, UK)
ExTaq Hot Start (Takara Bio Inc., Shiga, Japan)
✓ KAPA2G Robust (KAPA
Biosystems, Cape Town, South
Africa)
✓ OmniTaq (DNA Polymerase
Technologies, St. Louis, MO,
USA)
✓ PicoMaxx High Fidelity
(Stratagene, La Jolla, CA, USA)
✓ rTth (Applied Biosystems)
✓ Taq, and Tth (Roche Diagnostics,
Mannheim, Germany
22. PCR Inhibition : Internal, or
those found in
body fluids.
Substrates, or
those arising
from the
materials on
which the
blood stain or
other source of
DNA has been
deposited.
Other sources,
such as
reagents and
materials used
in the analysis.
23. INTERNAL CONTAMITANTS
Heme and its derivatives
Immunoglobulin G
Bacteria/Microorganisms
melanin
Ca2+
Spermine and spermidine (
polyamines)
Urea
24. SUBSTRATE
Textile dyes (Indigo dye
used in denim)
Fabrics
(Tannic Acid)
Environmental
Samples Soil
(Humic compounds
Heavy metals)
Food
Constituents
(Organic compounds
Phenolic compounds
Glycogen
Fats
Ca2+)
30. Short Tandem Repeats (STR)
The selection of specific loci
• The loci have a
high discriminating power.
•The loci are stable in evidence
samples.
•There is a consensus panel of
core loci for use in DNA
databases.
31.
32.
33. Scientific Working
Group for DNA
Analysis Methods
(SWGDAM)
Y-STR loci:
•DYS19
•DYS385 A/B
•DYS389I
•DYS389II
•DYS390
•DYS391
•DYS392
•DYS393
•DYS438
•DYS439
•DYS19
34. Factors in deciding the loci included in multiplex PCR:
•Locus size and overlap
•Number of alleles
•Thermal cycling parameters
•Primers
•Dyes