PowerPlex Y23
Definition
Commercial Y-STR multiplex kit (Promega Corporation) amplifying 23 loci, overlapping substantially with Yfiler Plus. The 20-locus YHRD core set is covered by both kits, enabling cross-database comparison.
Related terms
- Argus X-12 QS
- Investigator Argus X-12 QS (Qiagen), the most widely validated commercial X-STR multiplex kit. Amplifies 12 loci in four linkage groups; used with...
- X-STR Linkage Group
- A cluster of X-STR loci that are physically linked on the X chromosome and transmitted as a haplotype block in females. Loci...
- Y-STR Haplotype
- The combination of allele values across all Y-chromosome STR loci typed in a single analysis. Reported as a string of allele values...
- Yfiler Plus
- Commercial Y-STR multiplex kit (ThermoFisher Scientific) amplifying 27 loci in a single PCR reaction. Current standard for Y-STR casework in many US,...
- YHRD
- Y-Chromosome STR Haplotype Reference Database, maintained at the Charité Berlin and freely accessible at yhrd.org. Contains over 340,000 haplotypes from 124 countries....
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- Y-STR and X-STR Profiling for Lineage and Complex PedigreesCommercial Y-STR multiplex kit (Promega Corporation) amplifying 23 loci, overlapping substantially with Yfiler Plus. The 20-locus YHRD core set is covered by b...