Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Back to the OSAC Lexicon

electropherogram

The graphic representation of the separation of molecules by electrophoresis in which the STR DNA data appear as peaks; the format in which DNA typing results are presented, with the X axis displaying the observed alleles based on fragment size and migration time and the Y axis recording the relative amount of DNA detected based on the relative fluorescent unit (RFU) collected during analysis.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ASB Standard 091 Standard for Training in Analysis of Forensic Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA Data. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2026. Source link
Was this page helpful?