Principles of Forensic DNA
for Officers of the Court
Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court
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Module 8 :: mtDNA & Y-STR

Topic 4 :: Y-STR Laboratory Analysis

Indications for Y-STR Analysis (cont.)

Other mixture cases in which Y-STR analysis may be useful include sexual assaults involving saliva/saliva and saliva/vaginal secretion mixtures and instances in which the post-coital interval between the incident and the collection of intimate samples from the victim is greater than 2 days.

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