Species identification in forensic samples using the SPInDel approach: A GHEP-ISFG inter-laboratory collaborative exercise

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00007064%3AK01__%2F17%3AN0000048" target="_blank" >RIV/00007064:K01__/17:N0000048 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.fsigenetics.com/article/S1872-4973(17)30050-9/abstract" target="_blank" >http://www.fsigenetics.com/article/S1872-4973(17)30050-9/abstract</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.03.003" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.03.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Species identification in forensic samples using the SPInDel approach: A GHEP-ISFG inter-laboratory collaborative exercise

Original language description

The 24 participating laboratories from 10 countries were asked to identify the species in 11 DNA samples from previous GHEP-ISFG proficiency tests using a SPInDel primer mix and control samples of the 10 target species. A computer software was also provided to the participants to assist the analyses of the results. All samples were correctly identified by 22 of the 24 laboratories, including samples with low amounts of DNA (hair shafts) and mixtures of saliva and blood. Correct species identifications were obtained in 238 of the 241 (98.8%) reported SPInDel profiles. Two laboratories were responsible for the three cases of misclassifications. The SPInDel was efficient in the identification of species in mixtures considering that only a single laboratory failed to detect a mixture in one sample. This result suggests that SPInDel is a valid method for mixture analyses without the need for DNA sequencing, with the advantage of identifying more than one species in a single reaction. The low frequency of wrong (5.0%) and missing (2.1%) alleles did not interfere with the correct species identification, which demonstrated the advantage of using a method based on the analysis of multiple loci. Overall, the SPInDel method was easily implemented by laboratories using different genotyping platforms, the interpretation of results was straightforward and the SPInDel software was used without any problems. The results of this collaborative exercise indicate that the SPInDel method can be applied successfully in forensic casework investigations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Project

<a href="/en/project/VI20162020015" target="_blank" >VI20162020015: Introduction of New Methods of Human, Animal and Plant Material Identification in Forensic Practice</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forensic Science International: Genetics

ISSN

1872-4973

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

219-224

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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