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D8S1179 Variants

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Allele Designation

Allele Size

Instrument

Amp Kit*

Contributor

Verification/Conformation Method(s)

Notes

Frequency
6 114.6 ABI 3100 ID Angela Withrow      M U F S C      
6 [2] 114.97 ABI 3100 ID Angela Withrow      M U F S C      
6 [3] 114.70 ABI 310 ID Oscar García, Forensic Genetics Department, Autonomous Police of the Basque Country Reamplified and reanalyzed Convicted offender sample  
6 [4] 115.17 to 115.46 ABI 3130 PS Jason Solinski, RCMP National Centre for Forensic Sciences - Alberta, Forensic Science and Identification Services Allele present in multiple samples across multiple amplification batches N/A 9 questioned samples and 1 known sample within same case
<7 199.60 ABI 3130xl ESX 16 Malin Sanga, Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science (SKL) Re-amplified and re-electrophoresed Reference sample 1 (first observation)

7

123.15

ABI 377

PS

Catherine Allor

Re-amplified and Reanalyzed

Paternity samples only

1 in 16650
<8 (7) 119.33 ABI 3130 XL PS Monica Price, Washington State Patrol Seattle Crime Lab Re-extracted and re-amplified Convicted offender  
<8 118.88 ABI 3130xl ID Monica Price, WA State Patrol Crime Lab Re-extraction Convicted offender  
9.181.51ABI 3500Promega FusionErie County Central Police Services, Buffalo NYre-amplified
9.2GRE: 132.22; FUS: 81.28ABI 3500XLGlobalFiler Express, PowerPlex Fusion-5cCentral Laboratory for the National DNA Database, Ministry of Justice, Department of Penitentiary Administration, Penitentiary Police - Rome Italy
10.1 132.38 ABI 3100 ID Clay Davis, Houston Police Dept.,Crime Lab Injected Twice   2

10.2

215.5

ABI 310

PP

 

Malena B. Jimenez, MO State Highway Patrol

Re-extract & Re-amplify

Convicted Offender

1 in 69600
10.3 218.56 ABI 3130xl ESX 16 Malin Sanga, Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science (SKL) Re-amplified and re-electrophoresed Crime scene sample 1 (first observation)
10.3 [2]88.62ABI 3500PowerPlex Fusion 6CKaren Preiter, St. Louis Metro Police Dept, St. Louis, MOre-analyzed and re-amplified1 in 183,186
11.3 139.73 & 138.61 ABI 3130xl Profiler Plus Jessica Chang, Biological Examination Branch, Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre, Australia Re-amplified and reanalyzed Allele present in multiple samples taken from one item and analyzed across multiple amplification batches within the same case  
12.1 140.94 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville  TN Re-amplified    
12.2 223.82 ABI 3130 PP16 Elizateth Buxton, Iowa DCI Laboratory, Ankeny  IA Re-cut additional swab   1
12.2 [2]144.63ABI 3500Applied Biosystems GlobalFilerTara Scott, Iowa DCI Crime Lab1

12.3

224.94

ABI 310

PP

Jackie Johnson MO Sate Highway Patrol Crime Lab

Re-extract and re-amplify

Convicted Offender

1 in 32660
12.3 [2] 224.73 ABI 3100 PP Laura Kyuper     M U F S C Amplified twice with PP 16

 

    
12.3 [3] 225.00 ABI 3100 PP Laura Kyuper      M U F S C Amplification x 2   2
12.3 [4] 226.85 ABI 3130xl ESX 16 Malin Sanga, Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science (SKL) Re-amplified and re-electrophoresed Reference sample 1 (first observation)
13.1 144.99 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN Re-amplified    
13.1 [2] 228.37 ABI 3500xl ESX 16 Malin Sanga, Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science (SKL) Re-amplified and re-electrophoresed Reference sample 1 (first observation)
13.2 146.38 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN Re-injected, observed in multiple samples    
13.2 [2] 147.49 ABI 3130 ID DNA Forensic Division, Supreme Prosecutor's Office, South Korea Re-analyzed with ABI 3130   2 in 31,330
13.2 [3] 145.29 ABI 3500 ID DNA Forensic Division, Supreme Prosecutor's Office, South Korea Re-analyzed with ABI 3500   1 in 31,330
13.2 [4] 148.36 ABI 3730 ID DNA Forensic Division, Supreme Prosecutor's Office, South Korea Re-analyzed with ABI 3730   4 in 31,330
13.3 147.12 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN

 

 Re-extracted,Observed in multiple samples    

13.3 [2]

147.14, 147.32

228.81, 228.92

ABI 3130XL

ID                               

PP 16

Laurent Cardin & Frederic G. Brard IRCG,  National Forensic Institute of the French Gendarmerie, Rosny-sous-Bois

France

re-extraction and re-amplification with 2 different kits

Pop 4 - 36 cm - FTA card - saliva

1 in 115,000
13.3 [3] 148.43 ABI 3130 Profiler Plus (PS) Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale, Montréal, Canada   In a mixture twice in the same case
14.1 230.48 ABI 3130XL PP Jaclyn Garfinkle, Illinois State Police, DNA Indexing Laboratory Re-Extraction    
14.1 [2] 149.39 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN Re-extracted    
14.2 149.39 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN Re-amplified    

15.1

234.47

ABI 310

PP

Jackie Johnson MO Sate Highway Patrol Crime Lab

Re-extract and re-amplify

Convicted Offender

 
15.1 [2] 153..75 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN Re-amplified    
15.1 [3] 154.1 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville TN Re-injected, observed in multiple samples    
15.1 [4] 153.81-153.98 ABI 3130xl ID Catherine HOG, Francis Hermitte and Frederic Brard, National Forensic Science Institute of the French Gendarmerie, IRCGN, Rosny-sous-Bois, France male reference sample on FTA (buccal cells) extracted and amplified twice separately   2 in 70,000
15.2 155.78 & 155.72 ABI 3100 SGM+ Jonathan Sokal,LGC Forensics, Teddington UK Re-injected confirmed    

15.3

159.37

ABI 377

PS

Chris Piwonka Texas DPS

Multiple amplifications

Convicted offender

1 in 7500
15.3 [2] 156.92 ABI 3130 Profiler Plus Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale, Montréal, Canada   Mixture with an allele 15 in D8S1179  
16.1 238.7 ABI 3100 PP Jaclyn Garfinkle, Illinois State Police, DNA Indexing Laboratory Re-Amplification    

17.1

162.93

ABI 3130XL

ID

Arnaud Gleizes & Laurent Pene,Laboratoire de Police Scientifique de Lyon, FRANCE

Re-amplified and re-analyzed

 

1 in 11500
17.1 [2] 244.43 ABI 3500xl ESX 16 Malin Sanga, Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science (SKL) Re-amplified and re-electrophoresed Reference sample 1 (first observation)
17.2 163.15 ABI 3100 ID Marsha Garcia, Orchid Cellmark, Nashville Re-amplified    

18

168.41

ABI 377

PS

Igor Kornienko, Svetlana Braslavskaya DoD Russia

Re-amplified

Russian samples only

1 in 402

18 [2]

169.14

ABI 377

PP

Craig O'Connor,Linda Strausbaugh, University of Connecticut, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Center for Applied Genetics & Technology

Re-amplified and reanalyzed

Anonymous samples collected for Connecticut Database

l in 600
18 [3] 165.11 to 165.37 (ID); 165.72 (PS) ABI 3130 PS, ID Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale, Montréal, Canada   Three cases; Blood; suspect origin is Oriental for at least one case  
18.1 166.67, 166.87, 166.88, 166.91 ABI 3130 PS Kathy Murphy, RCMP National Forensic Services, Halifax, NS, Canada Present in multiple samples   4 samples within same case
18.1 [2] 248.26 ABI 3500xl PowerPlex ESX 16 Fast Malin Sanga, Swedish National Forensic Centre Re-amplified and re-electrophoresed Reference sample 1 (first observation)
>19 178.01 (PS); 177.34 (ID) ABI 3130 PS, ID Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale, Montréal, Canada Re-amplified    
19.1168.02 - 168.06ABI 3500XLID PlusMarie-Eve Bonicalzi (RCMP National Forensic Laboratory Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada)Re-amplified1

20

176.57

ABI 377

PS

Chad Hainley

Reamplified

Convicted offender known 

1

26 reported variants as of 10/18/2016

 

Tri-Allelic Patterns

Allele Designation

Instrument

Amp Kit*

Contributor

Verification/Conformation Method(s)

Notes

Frequency
8, 12, 13ABI 3500XLGlobalfilerT. Myers, New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center Albany, NY 12226multiple injections; also observed in both buccal swab and vaginal swabs from individualAll items were not amplified from this case due to Y-screen “paring down” process based on quant for the processing of sexual assault kits. Additional intimate samples are available for confirmation purposes, as well as underwear cuttings, if needed. For the purposes of reporting in this case, frequency of observation was 2 (buccal and vaginal swab; differential extraction) with multple injections of both. - Allele Size: 8 (3733@126.26), 12 (2162@142.54), 13 (1120@146.72)2 - See Note
9,11,13 ABI 3130 ID Eduard Rovira Vila (Grup Resenya de Detinguts) Policia de la Generalitat de Catalunya– Mossos d’Esquadra, Scientific Police Division Reextraction and reamplification

9 (127.01bp), 11 (135.24bp), 13 (143.89bp)

  

10, 11, 12

FMBIO II

PP

Bill Gartside – WY State Crime Lab

Multiple extractions

Balanced alleles

 
10, 11, 17 ABI 3100   Yan LIU, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC Re-amplified with PP and Applied Biosystems Sinofiler Paternity samples of Han populations in China (excluded father)  

10, 12, 13

          

ABI 377

PS

Peter McLaren Royal Canadian Mounted Police

re-amplified

 

 

10, 12, 14

ABI 310

PP

Malena B. Jimenez, MO State Highway Patrol

Re-extract & Re-amplify

Convicted Offender

1 in 69600

10, 12, 15

ABI 310

PS

Karl Morton Texas DPS

Re-extraction

offender

1 in at least 20,000
10, 13, 14 ABI 3130xl ID Monica Price, WA State Patrol Crime Lab Re-extraction convicted offender  
10, 14, 15 ABI 3130xl ID Monica Price, WA State Patrol Crime Lab Re-extraction convicted offender  

11, 12, 13

ABI 310

ID

Mark Traughber, Human Identification Technologies, Inc.

Re-extracted and re-amplified – buccal and blood

My Sample

 
11, 12, 16ABI 3500GlobalfilerCristian Hernandez, Costa Rica Forensic Science Department re-amplificationcrime scene sample - Allele Size: 138.45, 142.54, 159.241 (first observation)
11, 13, 14 ABI 3130xl ID Tara Roy, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Re-extraction Convicted Offender  
11, 14, 15 ABI 3130 Identifiler Plus Beau Baggenstoss, WA State Patrol Crime Lab Re-extraction and re-amplification allele sizes: 133.60, 146.04, 150.16 2
11, 15, 16 ABI 3130xl PS Carol Vo, Washington State Patrol Seattle Crime Lab Re-extracted Convicted offender  

12, 13, 14

FMBIO

PP

Dayse Silva   State University of Rio de Janeiro

Re-extracted and re-amplified

Paternity samples

1 in 730

12, 13, 14 [2]

ABI 3100

ID

Angela Withrow

M U F S C

Re-amp x 1

AL Dept of Forensic Sciences Convicted Offender Sample

l in 15543

12, 13, 14, [3]

ABI 310

PS

Jan Nicklas, VT Forensic Laboratory

Re-amp

12=13=14

 

12, 13, 15

ABI 310

pp

Christine Moraczewski  NE State Patrol Crime Lab

Re-extracted

convicted offender (known)

1
12, 13, 15 [2] ABI 3130xl ID Robert Dorion, Washington State Patrol Crime Lab Re-extraction Convicted offender  
12, 14, 15 ABI 3130 PP Maksim Anisimenko, Biolink Laboratory, Russia Re-extraction and re-amplification Paternity sample (mother), Caucasian (Russian), Type 1 tri-allele 1 in 300
12, 14, 16ABI 3500GlobalFiler ExpressSteen Hartsen: British Columbia Institute of TechnologyRe-amplified and re-run on the 3500Appeared in an immigration sample. Peak heights were fairly even. - Allele Size: 142.68, 150.97, 159.361
12, 15, 16 ABI 3500xl ID Robert Dorion, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Re-extraction Convicted offender  
12, 16, 17 ABI 3100 PP Sun Hongyu, Chen Wenjing, Xue Tianyu. Faculty of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Re-extraction, re-amplification with PP16, confirmation with Sinofiler Kit (Applied Biosystems) and AGCU 17+1 STR Kit (AGCU ScienTech, China) Paternity Samples, Type 1 1 in 28252
12, 17, 18 ABI 3130 ID Plus Amy Jagmin, WSP Crime Lab observed in multiple samples; re-injection 17 allele is ~15% of 12 and 18 alleles 5x

13, 14, 15

ABI 310

PP

Malena B. Jimenez, MO State Highway Patrol

Re-extract & Re-amplify

Convicted Offender

1 in 69600

13, 15, 16

ABI 310

PS

William Stubbs Washington State Forensic Lab Services Bureau

Re-extracted and re-amplified

convicted offender

1 in 20, 000
13, 15, 16 [2] ABI 3130xl ID Robert Dorion, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Re-extraction Convicted Offender  
14, 15, 16 ABI 3130xl ID Robert Dorion, Washington State Patrol Re-extraction convicted offender  
14, 16, 17 ABI 3100 PP ICMP Re-extraction and amplification Type 1 l in 11000

22 reported tri-allelic patterns as of 10/18/2016

 

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