Identification of a rare D13S317-5 allele in an ethnic Han Chinese from Hainan / 中华医学遗传学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To report on a rare D13S317-off-ladder (OL) allele identified in an ethnic Han Chinese from Hainan.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The rare allele D13S317-OL was detected with a short tandem repeat (STR)-PCR method and DNA sequencing.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The core repeat sequence of the rare allele was found to be [TATC]5.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The rare D13S317-5 allele also exists among ethnic Hans from Hainan, which may have a significant value for personal identification and paternity testing.</p>