Improvements in and relating to forensic identification

摘要

The invention provides improved allelic ladder mixtures and individual alleles suitable for use in such mixtures, the allelic ladder mixture comprising one or more of the following allelic ladders:- an allelic ladder for locus D21S11 comprising one or more of alleles comprising or consisting of sequences :- (TCTA) 5 (TCTG) 6 (TCTA) 3 TCA (TCTA) 2 TCCATA (TCTA) 9 TCGTCT; (TCTA) 5 (TCTG) 6 (TCTA) 3 TCA (TCTA) 2 TCCATA (TCTA) 10 TCGTCT; (TCTA) 4 (TCTG) 6 (TCTA) 3 TA (TCTA) 3 TCA (TCTA) 2 TCCATA (TCTA) 8 TCGTCT; or at least 75% homologous thereto.