TABLE 4—
Effect of combining sample extract with lysate eluate on DNA yield and STR profile.
Extraction method | Samples with DNA Detected (%) |
Average DNA Yields (ng) ±SD* |
Samples with Detected Alleles (%) |
Expected STR Alleles Observed (%)† |
Average Peak Height‡ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Optimized (n = 36) | 69.44 | 0.700 ± 1.132 | 55.56 | 51.29 ± 38.21 | 760.61 ± 822.98 |
Combined extract (n = 20) | 95.00 | 0.263 ± 0.228 | 50.00 | 23.27 ± 15.66 | 140.03 ± 101.93 |
p = 0.07.
p = 0.02.
p = 1.1e−26.