Paternity Testing in Italy Using Minisatellite Variant Repeat (MVR)

MVR-PCR provides an innovative and highly discriminating technique to assess individual variation in human DNA (1). Using MVR specific amplimers to amplify the D1S8 (MS32) locus, a ladder of PCR products corresponding to different classes of repeat units, a-type and t-type are generated to produce a diploid digital code derived from the superimposed maps of specific alleles (1). MVR-PCR can be used in pedigrees examination, forensic analysis and population studies (1,3,4).