The highly polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus is located on chromosome 6 and encodes peptide-presenting proteins, which perform the first step in adaptive immunity and respond against ...

The current standard methodology in forensic DNA typing relies on amplification of short tandem repeat (STR) markers by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and allele sizes (i.e., length-based) ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crime Laboratory in Washington, D.C., will soon begin to use DNA testing methods regularly. Scientists at the FBI's Forensic Science Research and Training Center ...

DNA typing involves scientific analysis of genes in a sample of DNA. While DNA typing has medical indications, it is also used in forensic science to identify remains or establish a familial ...

Roche Applied Science's LINEAR ARRAY Mitochondrial DNA HVI/HVII Region-Sequence Typing Kit rapidly analyzes forensic samples with the greatest evidentiary value, while conserving sample DNA. The kit ...