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  • Title: NIST mixed stain studies #1 and #2: interlaboratory comparison of DNA quantification practice and short tandem repeat multiplex performance with multiple-source samples.
    Author: Duewer DL, Kline MC, Redman JW, Newall PJ, Reeder DJ.
    Journal: J Forensic Sci; 2001 Sep; 46(5):1199-210. PubMed ID: 11569565.
    Abstract:
    The Mixed Stain Study 1 (MSS1, Apr.-Nov. 1997) and Mixed Stain Study 2 (MSS2, Jan.-May 1999) evaluated multiplexed short-tandem repeat (STR) DNA typing systems with samples containing DNA from more than one source. These interlaboratory challenge studies evaluated forensic STR measurement, interpretation, and reporting practice using well-characterized samples of very different analytical difficulty. None of the relatively few errors reported in either exercise resulted in a false identification of a reference source; several errors in evaluating the unknown source in three-source samples would hinder matching the profile in any archival database. None of the measurement anomalies reported is associated with any particular STR multiplex; all DNA amplification anomalies are associated with inefficient DNA extraction, inaccurate DNA quantitation, and/or analytical threshold policies.
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