Chorionic villus sampling prior to pregnancy termination, a tool for forensic paternity testing

Ayeleth Reshef*, Paul Brauner, Moshe Shpitzen, Nira Gallili, Assa Marbach, Uzi Motro, Esther Shmueli, Vardiela Meiner

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Abstract

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS), prior to pregnancy termination (pre- termination CVS), is suggested as a tool for forensic paternity testing. Unlike the abortion material, which consists of ruptured tissues of fetal and maternal origin, extra-embryonic membranes obtained through CVS can provide an uncontaminated source of fetal tissue for genotyping. We discuss the possibility of confined placental mosaicism (CPM) and its implications on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based analyses of short tandem repeats (STRs) and the D1S80 loci.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1065-1068
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Forensic Sciences
Volume44
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1999

Keywords

  • CSF1PO
  • Chorionic villus sampling
  • Confined placental mosaicism
  • D1S80
  • Dna typing
  • F13AO1
  • F13B
  • FES/FPS
  • Forensic science
  • LPL
  • Paternity testing
  • Polymerase chain reaction
  • Short tandem repeats
  • THO1
  • TPOX
  • VWA

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