Description
Mini-STRs Give Better Results
Exposure to UV radiation, heat and weather can severely degrade DNA collected from crime scenes, mass disasters and missing persons cases. When amplifying these samples, larger loci will often drop out, making it difficult to obtain complete STR profiles.
All loci in the PowerPlex® 18E System are less than 325bp in size, reducing the risk of dropout and giving you more usable and informative profiles from even severely degraded DNA.
Profile of DNA extracted from an 800-year-old bone sample amplified with the PowerPlex® 18E System. When this sample is run using GlobalFiler® multiplex system, two highly discriminatory loci (SE33 and D2S1338) drop out. In the PowerPlex® 18E System, these loci are shorter, minimizing the chances of dropout and giving a profile PI (probability of inclusion) of 3.32 × 10 −21 .
The Smallest SE33 Locus of Any STR Multiplex
Get superior amplification for this highly discriminatory locus. The PowerPlex® 18E System includes a redesigned SE33 locus with the smallest amplicon size of any STR kit on the market.
More discriminatory power. The PowerPlex® 18E and PowerPlex® 35GY Systems have the shortest SE33 locus of any commercially available STR multiplex system.
