Resources by Module

• STR Data Analysis and Interpretation Software
• Data Troubleshooting
• Data Interpretation & Allele Calls

STR Data Analysis and Interpretation Software

Works Cited

1. Butler, John M. 2005. Forensic DNA typing: Biology, technology, and genetics of STR markers. 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press.
2. Applied Biosystems. 2003. GeneMapper™ ID Software Version 3.1: Human Identification Analysis: User Guide, no. 4338775C, rev. C.
3. Hartzell, B., K. Graham, and B. McCord. 2003. Response of short tandem repeat systems to temperature and sizing methods. Forensic Sci Int, 133 (3):228–34.
4. Klein, S. B., J. M. Wallin, and M .R. Buoncristiani. 2003. Addressing ambient temperature variation effects on sizing precision of AmpFlSTR® Profiler Plus™ alleles detected on the ABI Prism® 310 Genetic Analyzer. Forensic Science Communications 5 (1). 
5. Applied Biosystems. 200_. ABI PRISM® GeneScan® Analysis Software for the Windows NT® Operating System: User Bulletin.
6. Applied Biosystems. 2004. GeneMapper® ID Software: Installation Procedures and New Features for GeneMapper® ID Software v3.2: User Bulletin, part 4352543, rev. A.
7. Applied Biosystems. 2004. GeneMapper® ID Software Versions 3.1 and 3.2: Human Identification Analysis: Tutorial, part 4357520, rev. A.

Online Links

• GMID Software Tutorial
  http://www.appliedbiosystems.com

Data Troubleshooting

Works Cited

1. Applied Biosystems. 1988. AmpF ℓ STR® Profiler Plus™ PCR Amplification Kit user's manual.
2. Walsh, P. S., N. J. Fildes, and R. Reynolds. 1996. Sequence analysis and characterization of stutter products at the tetranucleotide repeat locus vWA. Nucleic Acids Res 24 (14): 2807–12.
3. Clark, J. M. 1988. Novel non-templated nucleotide addition reactions catalyzed by procaryotic and eucaryotic DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 16 (20): 9677–86.
4. Butler, John M., and Dennis J. Reeder. 2006. NIST standard reference database SRD 130: Variant allele reports. http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/ strbase/var_tab.htm (accessed August 30, 2006).
5. Butler, John M., and Dennis J. Reeder. 2006. NIST standard reference database SRD 130: Apparent mutations observed at STR loci in the course of paternity testing. http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/mutation.htm (accessed August 30, 2006).
6. Chakraborty, R., and D. N. Stivers. 1996. Paternity exclusion by DNA markers: Effects of paternal mutations. J Forensic Sci 41 (4): 671–77.
7. Budowle, B. 2000. STR allele concordance between different primer sets: A brief summary. Profiles in DNA, Promega publication 3 (3): 10–11. http://www.promega.com/profiles/303/ProfilesinDNA_303_10.pdf.
8. DNA Advisory Board. 1998. Quality assurance standards for forensic DNA testing laboratories. Forensic Science Communications 2 (3). http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/codis/codis_quality.
9. National Research Council, Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science. 1996. The evaluation of forensic DNA evidence: An update. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Online Links

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/

Data Interpretation & Allele Calls

Works Cited

1. Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM). 2000. Short tandem repeat (STR) interpretation guidelines. Forensic Science Communications 2 (3). http://www2.fbi.gov/hq/lab/ fsc/backissu/july2000/strig.htm.
2. Gill, P. 2002. Role of short tandem repeat DNA in forensic casework in the UK: Past, present, and future perspectives . Biotechniques 32 (2): 366–8, 370, 372 passim.
3. Buckleton, John, Christopher M. Triggs, and Simon J. Walsh, eds. 2005. Forensic DNA evidence interpretation. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Online Links

• 9974A
  http://ccr.coriell.org/nigms/nigms_cgi/display.cgi?GM09947