Highlights
- •A pilot study looking at sexual assault cases where no spermatozoa were present was performed using the PowerPlex® Y23 system.
- •Samples with a large excess of female DNA present generated artefact peaks; these are mentioned within the PowerPlex® Y23 system, technical manual.
- •Artefact peaks that fall within allelic positions have the potential to be mistaken for allelic peaks.
- •Characterisation of the artefact peaks has been performed.
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