Question

Review the elestropherog ram from this STR analysis: 3. 30 38 CSF1POe Eae 6FAM 07S820 D8S1179 D21S11 (blue) TH01 VIC D13S317 D16S539 D3S1358 D2S1338 2000 (green) TPOX NED D19S433 WA D18S51 (yellow) AMEL PET D5S818 FGA (red) 00 GS500 LIZ size standard LIZ Lep (orange) ano Is the patient male or female? a. b. How do you know the biologic sex? Is the patient homozygous or heterozygous at TPOX? What are the allele(s) present? c. d. Is the patient homozygous or heterozygous at D3S1358? What are the allele(s) present?

Answer 1

a. the patient is a male.

b. we can tell the biological sex because the electrophorogram shows the presence of both x and y chromosomes.

c. the patient is homozygous TPOX the allel present is T.

d. the patient is heterozygous D3S1358 the allel present is T9 T7.