Análisis de paternidad: experiencia en Colombia / Paternity analysis: experience at Colombia

RESUMO

Subjects and methods: Fourteen serologic and electrophoretic genetic markers, that had a high probability of exclusion were analyzed in 349 cases of uncertain paternity. Results: In 50 cases, paternity was excluded and in 34, paternity was attributed with a probability over 0.99. In 85 cases, the paternity index was between 19 and 100, that classifies paternity as probable and in 179 cases, the analysis was inconclusive. Conclusions: These genetic markers may be useful in the first approach to a paternity in investigation