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Table 2 Locus drop out (LDO)

From: Comparison of STR profiling from low template DNA extracts with and without the consensus profiling method

 

Number of LDO

% Loci with LDO

100 pg Starting Template

30 PCR Cycle Amplification

Non-split Samples (na = 240)

0

0%

34 PCR Cycle Amplification

Non-split Samples (n = 240)

0

0%

Split Samples (n = 720)

12

2%

Consensus Profiles (n = 240)

0

0%

25 pg Starting Template

30 PCR Cycle Amplification

  

Non-split Samples (n = 240)

51

21%

34 PCR Cycle Amplification

Non-split Samples (n = 240)

13

5%

Split Samples (n = 720)

245

34%

Consensus Profiles (n = 240)

79

33%

  1. a n is the total number of loci.