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Santos C, Fondevila M, Ballard D, Banemann R, Bento AM, Børsting C, Branicki W, Brisighelli F, Burrington M, Capal T, Chaitanya L, Daniel R, Decroyer V, England R, Gettings KB, Gross TE, Haas C, Harteveld J, Hoff-Olsen P, Hoffmann A, Kayser M, Kohler P, Linacre A, Mayr-Eduardoff M, McGovern C, Morling N, O'Donnell G, Parson W, Pascali VL, Porto MJ, Roseth A, Schneider PM, Sijen T, Stenzl V, Court DS, Templeton JE, Turanska M, Vallone PM, Oorschot RAHV, Zatkalikova L, Carracedo Á, Phillips C. Forensic ancestry analysis with two capillary electrophoresis ancestry informative marker (AIM) panels: Results of a collaborative EDNAP exercise. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2015; 19:56-67. [PMID: 26122263 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
There is increasing interest in forensic ancestry tests, which are part of a growing number of DNA analyses that can enhance routine profiling by obtaining additional genetic information about unidentified DNA donors. Nearly all ancestry tests use single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), but these currently rely on SNaPshot single base extension chemistry that can fail to detect mixed DNA. Insertion-deletion polymorphism (Indel) tests have been developed using dye-labeled primers that allow direct capillary electrophoresis detection of PCR products (PCR-to-CE). PCR-to-CE maintains the direct relationship between input DNA and signal strength as each marker is detected with a single dye, so mixed DNA is more reliably detected. We report the results of a collaborative inter-laboratory exercise of 19 participants (15 from the EDNAP European DNA Profiling group) that assessed a 34-plex SNP test using SNaPshot and a 46-plex Indel test using PCR-to-CE. Laboratories were asked to type five samples with different ancestries and detect an additional mixed DNA sample. Statistical inference of ancestry was made by participants using the Snipper online Bayes analysis portal plus an optional PCA module that analyzes the genotype data alongside calculation of Bayes likelihood ratios. Exercise results indicated consistent genotyping performance from both tests, reaching a particularly high level of reliability for the Indel test. SNP genotyping gave 93.5% concordance (compared to the organizing laboratory's data) that rose to 97.3% excluding one laboratory with a large number of miscalled genotypes. Indel genotyping gave a higher concordance rate of 99.8% and a reduced no-call rate compared to SNP analysis. All participants detected the mixture from their Indel peak height data and successfully assigned the correct ancestry to the other samples using Snipper, with the exception of one laboratory with SNP miscalls that incorrectly assigned ancestry of two samples and did not obtain informative likelihood ratios for a third. Therefore, successful ancestry assignments were achieved by participants in 92 of 95 Snipper analyses. This exercise demonstrates that ancestry inference tests based on binary marker sets can be readily adopted by laboratories that already have well-established CE regimes in place. The Indel test proved to be easy to use and allowed all exercise participants to detect the DNA mixture as well as achieving complete and concordant profiles in nearly all cases. Lastly, two participants successfully ran parallel next-generation sequencing analyses (each using different systems) and achieved high levels of genotyping concordance using the exercise PCR primer mixes unmodified.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Santos
- Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Forensic and Analytical Science, Faculty of Life Science, King's College London, UK
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- Federal Criminal Police Office, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Forensic Genetic and Biology Service, Centre Branch, National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederik V's Vej 11, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, Poland
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Criminalistics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Office of the Chief Forensic Scientist, Forensic Services Department, Victoria Police, Australia
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- National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology, Chaussée de Vilvoorde 100, Brussels, Belgium
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- ESR, Private Bag 92021, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Human Biological Traces, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Forensic Biology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Federal Criminal Police Office, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Forensic Biology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- ESR, Private Bag 92021, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederik V's Vej 11, Copenhagen, Denmark; National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology, Chaussée de Vilvoorde 100, Brussels, Belgium
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- Forensic Science Laboratory, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Forensic Science Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Forensic Genetic and Biology Service, Centre Branch, National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Forensic Biology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Human Biological Traces, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Criminalistics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Forensic and Analytical Science, Faculty of Life Science, King's College London, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of the Interior, Department of Biology and DNA Analysis, Slovenská Lupca, Slovakia
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- Office of the Chief Forensic Scientist, Forensic Services Department, Victoria Police, Australia
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- Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of the Interior, Department of Biology and DNA Analysis, Slovenská Lupca, Slovakia
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- Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Haas C, Hanson E, Anjos MJ, Ballantyne KN, Banemann R, Bhoelai B, Borges E, Carvalho M, Courts C, De Cock G, Drobnic K, Dötsch M, Fleming R, Franchi C, Gomes I, Hadzic G, Harbison SA, Harteveld J, Hjort B, Hollard C, Hoff-Olsen P, Hüls C, Keyser C, Maroñas O, McCallum N, Moore D, Morling N, Niederstätter H, Noël F, Parson W, Phillips C, Popielarz C, Roeder AD, Salvaderi L, Sauer E, Schneider PM, Shanthan G, Court DS, Turanská M, van Oorschot RAH, Vennemann M, Vidaki A, Zatkalíková L, Ballantyne J. RNA/DNA co-analysis from human menstrual blood and vaginal secretion stains: results of a fourth and fifth collaborative EDNAP exercise. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2013; 8:203-12. [PMID: 24315610 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) organized a fourth and fifth collaborative exercise on RNA/DNA co-analysis for body fluid identification and STR profiling. The task was to identify dried menstrual blood and vaginal secretion stains using specific RNA biomarkers, and additionally test 3 housekeeping genes for their suitability as reference genes. Six menstrual blood and six vaginal secretion stains, two dilution series (1/4-1/64 pieces of a menstrual blood/vaginal swab) and, optionally, bona fide or mock casework samples of human or non-human origin were analyzed by 24 participating laboratories, using RNA extraction or RNA/DNA co-extraction methods. Two novel menstrual blood mRNA multiplexes were used: MMP triplex (MMP7, MMP10, MMP11) and MB triplex (MSX1, LEFTY2, SFRP4) in conjunction with a housekeeping gene triplex (B2M, UBC, UCE). Two novel mRNA multiplexes and a HBD1 singleplex were used for the identification of vaginal secretion: Vag triplex (MYOZ1, CYP2B7P1 and MUC4) and a Lactobacillus-specific Lacto triplex (Ljen, Lcris, Lgas). The laboratories used different chemistries and instrumentation and all were able to successfully isolate and detect mRNA in dried stains. The simultaneous extraction of RNA and DNA allowed for positive identification of the tissue/fluid source of origin by mRNA profiling as well as a simultaneous identification of the body fluid donor by STR profiling, also from old and compromised casework samples. The results of this and the previous collaborative RNA exercises support RNA profiling as a reliable body fluid identification method that can easily be combined with current STR typing technology.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Haas
- Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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