Setting the Standard for
Quality DNA Identification
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The forensics program at Chromosomal Laboratories was built
with the guiding principle that each individual sample has a
story with considerable implications.  With systems built for
efficiency and an eye for detail, each case and each sample
undergoes comprehensive peer scrutiny prior to and
subsequent to analysis to ensure accurate and defensible
results.
Scope of Services
that previously would have yielded limited or no genetic
that previously would have yielded limited or no genetic
data. The MiniFiler™ Kit is a 9-plex and includes:
D13S317, D7S820, Amelogenin, D2S1338, D21S11,
D16S539, D18S51, CSF1PO, and FGA. The MiniFiler™
Kit complements autosomal STR kits that are currently
being used for forensic casework. Loci that drop out
using currently available STR kit technology may be
recovered using the MiniFiler™ Kit. The MiniFiler™ Kit
has been optimized to yield results from degraded
and/or inhibited samples.
and/or inhibited samples.


The MiniFiler™ Kit has various applications in human
identification, including casework that originally
produced minimal to no DNA results, missing persons
identification and disaster victim identification.

Chromosomal Laboratories is proud to be one of the
first laboratories in the United States to offer this new
technology to its customers.
MiniFiler
Short Tandem Repeat (STR) - Identifiler
Designed for forensics and paternity testing, the Identifiler
kit from Applied Biosystems simultaneously analyzes the
15 STR loci as well as the Amelogenin gender-determining
marker.  The loci include the 13 core loci standardized
under CODIS as well as 2 additional markers, D2S1338
and D19S433.  The data generated from this profile meet
the recommendations of the European Network of Forensic
Science Institutes (ENFSI) and Interpol organizations. This
profile can achieve an average probability of identity of
1.31 x 10-18 to 3.62 x 10-17 in select populations.
Forensic Evidence Screening
The strength of an analytical report begins with strict chain of
custody and analytical methods geared for detail.  

Chromosomal’s  advanced  evidence  screening laboratory is
staffed with seasoned forensic  scientists  and   equipped   
with  an  arsenal  of  validated  techniques  and
technologies   to   afford   rigorous   and  comprehensive  
screening.   Chromosomal Laboratories  has invested  in  
first  class instrumentation, including digital video and
photography  imaging  systems  for  both  macroscopic  and   
microscopic   evidence documentation and 400W SPEX
MiniCrime Scope.
Y-STR Y-Filer
ancestral genealogy to missing persons and the forensic
identification of male DNA from sexual assault cases.
identification of male DNA from sexual assault cases.


variability allows discrimination among individuals in a
variability allows discrimination among individuals in a
population, which is useful for identification in forensic,
paternity and ancestral studies.  The regions analyzed
include the core set of nine loci defined as the European
Minimal Haplotype and the two loci recommended by the
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods
(SWGDAM).  Six additional highly polymorphic loci are also
tested, significantly increasing the discrimination capacity of
haplotype analysis.haplotype analysis.
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