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Evaluating self-declared ancestry of U.S. Americans using autosomal, Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA

December 31, 2010
Author(s)
Peter Vallone, Oscar Leo, Manfred Kayser, Mannis van Oven, Michael Coble, Toni M. Diegoli, Kristiaan J. van der Gaag, Peter D. Knijff
The current U.S. population represents an amalgam of individuals from different biogeographic ancestries who arrived on the territory at different times in the history of the territory. However, such admixture is far from being homogeneous and this fact

A New 26plex Autosomal STR Assay to Aid Human Identity Testing*(dagger)

September 1, 2009
Author(s)
Carolyn R. Steffen, John M. Butler, Peter Vallone
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become the standard in forensic testing. Currently there are two commercial multiplex PCR amplification kits available that simultaneously amplify 16 short tandem repeat (STR) loci that include the 13 FBI

Demonstration of Rapid Multiplex PCR Amplification Involving 16 Genetic Loci

December 1, 2008
Author(s)
Peter Vallone, Carolyn R. Steffen, John M. Butler
Current forensic DNA typing is conducted in approximately eight to ten hours with steps including DNA extraction, quantitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of multiple short tandem repeat (STR) loci, capillary electrophoresis separation

An Investigation of Discrimination Capacity and the Cause of Null Alleles in Linear Array Mitostrips Using Control Region Sequence Data.

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Michael D. Coble, Margaret C. Kline, Janette W. Redman, Amy E. Decker, Peter Vallone, John Butler
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis of forensic evidentiary materials such as degraded bones and shed hairs can provide the forensic scientist with some genetic information especially when highly discriminatory systems, such as nuclear STRs, completely fail

Microfluidic DNA Analysis Systems for Forensic Applications

July 18, 2008
Author(s)
Michael Gaitan, Jayna J. Shah, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Pierre-Alain Auroux, Jon Geist, Laurie E. Locascio, Wyatt N. Vreeland, David J. Ross, Peter Vallone, Paul Smith, Nicole Morgan, Tom Pohida, John Kakareka, Annelise Barron
This report summarizes the NIST effort on microfluidic DNA analysis systems for forensic applications sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Currently emerging microfluidics-based forensic systems are implemented in silica (glass) because the

Analysis of artificially degraded DNA using STRs and SNPs results of a collaborative European (EDNAP) exercise

December 1, 2006
Author(s)
L. A. Dixon, A. E. Dobbins, H. Pulker, John M. Butler, Peter M. Vallone, Michael D. Coble, W. Parson, B. Berger, P. Grubwieser, H. S. Mogensen, N. Morling, K. Nielsen, J. J. Sanchez, E. Petkovski, A. Carracedo, P. Sanchez-Diz, E. Ramos-Luis, M. Brion, J. A. Irwin, R. S. Just, O. Loreille, T. J. Parsons, D. Syndercombe-Court, H. Schmitter, B. Stradmann-Bellinghausen, K. Bender, P. Gill

Setting standards and developing technology to aid the human identity testing community

April 1, 2006
Author(s)
John M. Butler, Michael D. Coble, Amy E. Decker, David L. Duewer, Carolyn R. Steffen, Margaret C. Kline, Janette W. Redman, Peter Vallone
Our project team at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct research that benefits the human identity testing community and to create tools that enable forensic DNA

The evaluation of an autosomal SNP 12-plex assay

April 1, 2006
Author(s)
Peter M. Vallone, Amy E. Decker, Michael D. Coble, John M. Butler
SNPs have the potential to play a useful role in human identification testing. Small PCR amplicon sizes associated with SNP typing technologies make SNPs attractive for typing degraded DNA or other low copy number situations. SNP markers can be useful in

Analysis of DNA Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms by Mass Spectrometry

March 17, 2006
Author(s)
Peter Vallone, John Butler
Single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNP) are the most frequent form of DNA sequence variation in the human genome and are becoming increasingly useful as genetic markers for genome mapping studies, medical diagnostics, and human identity testing. The primer

Effective Strategies for Forensic Analysis in the Mitochondrial DNA Coding Region

January 1, 2006
Author(s)
Michael D. Coble, Peter Vallone, Rebecca S. Just, Toni M. Diegoli, Brion C. Smith, T. J. Parsons
Recently, it has been recognized that accessing information in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coding region can provide additional forensic discrimination with respect to the standard typing of the D-loop region, augmenting the sometimes rather limited

Genotyping SNPs Using a UV Photocleavable Oligonucleotide in MALDI-TOF MS

March 17, 2005
Author(s)
Peter M. Vallone, K Fahr, M Kostrzewa
Matrix assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) coupled with allele specific primer extension is a proven method for typing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A novel modification upon this methodology is the

Mitochondrial DNA Typing Screens With Control Region and Coding Region SNPs

March 1, 2005
Author(s)
Margaret C. Kline, Peter M. Vallone, Janette W. Redman, David L. Duewer, C D. Calloway, John M. Butler
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis has found an important niche in forensic DNA typing. It is used with highly degraded samples or low-copy number materials such as might be found from shed hair or bones exposed to severe environmental conditions. The

Multiplexed Assays for Evaluation of Y-SNP Markers in U.S. Populations

April 1, 2004
Author(s)
Peter Vallone, John Butler
Genetic markers located on the Y chromosome are of increasing importance in human identity testing. In an effort to evaluate the forensic utility of Y chromosome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, we constructed several novel multiplex allele