Collaborative Exercise: Analysis of Age Estimation Using a QIAGEN Protocol and the PyroMark Q48 Platform

Overview

Journal Forensic Sci Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Forensic Sciences

Date 2024 Apr 3

PMID 38567377

Authors

Marie-Louise Kampmann

Jan Fleckhaus

Claus Borsting

Helena Jurtikova

Alice Piters

Julien Papin

Quentin Gauthier

Mirna Ghemrawi

Christian Doutremepuich

Bruce McCord

Peter M Schneider

Jiri Drabek

Niels Morling

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Abstract

Key Points: Age determination as an intelligence tool during investigations can be a powerful tool in forensic genetics.In this study, five laboratories ran 49 samples and obtained a mean absolute deviation of 3.62 years.Five markers were analyzed on a PyroMark Q48 platform.

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