D17S5 Minisatellite In Two Maharastrian Indian Populations : Overcoming The Differential Amplification At This Locus Using Expand Long Template PCR System.

The D17S5 is a highly informative minisatellite locus and shows extensive interpopulation allelic variability. However in many cases, it shows preferential amplification of shorter alleles, which has hampered the full potential of this minisatellite from being realized. This study explores the use of the Expand Long Template PCR system to circumvent this problem.