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Y-GATA-H4 Variants
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Allele Designation |
Allele Size (bp) |
Instrument |
Amp Kit* |
Contributor |
Verification/Conformation Method(s) |
Notes |
Frequency |
| <8 | 85.53 and 85.64 | ABI 310 | Yfiler | Bethany Harris, Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory | Reamplified to confirm | Sample was a suspect reference. Using the mathematical calculation that we always do, the allele would have been labeled a "-1" | Allele observed in both amplifications and in multiple injections of each |
| 6 (<8) | 112.43 & 112.35 | ABI 3500 | Yfiler | Lisa Collins, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory | Extracted by multiple analysts | Observed in both a question sample and a known sample in a proficiency test | |
| >13 (14) | 146.35 and 146.27 | ABI 3130xl | Yfiler | Stephanie Novak, Phoenix PD Crime Lab | re-injection | known standard | 1 |
| >13 (14) [2] | 146.57 and 146.56 | ABI 3130 | Yfiler | Forensic DNA Division, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | Re-extraction and re-amplification | Known sample - same variant allele observed in father and his son | |
| 10.3 | 132.5 | ABI 3130 | Yfiler | Kristi Barr, Washington State Patrol-Cheney | Re-extraction and re-amplification | ||
| 14 | 145.68 | ABI 3500xl | Yfiler |
Tal Ariel, Aviva Dell'Ariccia-Carmon and Aliza Raziel, Israel Police, DNA Database |
Reamplified and reanalyzed | ||
| >13 | 146.15 | ABI 3130 | Yfiler | Amulya Pande, Vaishali Mahajan, Dhanshree Samarth, Nutan Pawde, K.R. Gorle, Forensic DNA division, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | Re-extraction and reamplification | Forensic sample | |
| 17 (>13) | 156.95, 156.87 | ABI 3500 | Yfiler | Anthony Birchfield, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation | Observed in 2 casework samples (in both 15s and 24s injections) | 4 | |
7 reported variants as of 11/09/15
Locus Duplication
Allele Designation |
Instrument |
Amp Kit* |
Contributor |
Verification/Conformation Method(s) |
Notes |
Frequency |
| 12,13 | ABI 3130 | Yfiler | Scott McWilliams, Wyoming State Crime Laboratory | Re-extraction; allele sizes 136.22, 140.22 | Convicted offender sample | 1 of 346 |
1 reported as of 11/09/15
* Use the following abbreviations for amplification kit names:
- CO: Applied Biosystems COfiler
- PR: Applied Biosystems Profiler
- PS: Applied Biosystems Profiler Plus
- ID: Applied Biosystems Identifiler
- PP: Promega PowerPlex 16
- CV: Promega CTTV
- CA: Promega CTTA
- MP: Promega MonoPlex
- PPY: Promega PowerPlex Y
- YF: Applied Biosystems Yfiler
- Other: Please specify
Last Updated: 11/09/2015