Efficiency of 6 STR Systems, HLADQα and the Polymarker Systems (PM) in Paternity Testing

In order to test the efficiency of PCR based DNA systems in paternity testing the following 12 systems were selected: the 6 STR systems SE33, D21S11, HUMTHO1, HUMVWA, HUMF13A1 and HUMFES, HLADQα and the 5 Polymarker systems (PM) LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8 and GC. This study presents the results of 47 cases of disputed paternity (26 nonexclusion and 21 exclusion cases) which were examined with the 12 PCR systems. The results were compared with the efficiency of the 4 single locus VNTR systems MS43A, MS31, G3 and yNH24 routinely used in paternity cases since 1991.