Prenatal paternity testing with DNA analyses

Abstract

Two PCR amplified loci and 3 single locus DNA probes were applied in a paternity case in which a married woman became pregnant after being raped. DNA analysis were performed using samples from the woman, her husband and amniotic fluid cells taken during the 16th week of pregnancy. The combined probability of paternity for her husband was calculated as 0.999997107. The application of PCR analyses and single locus DNA probes were considered to be extremely informative in prenatal paternity testing.

Prenatal and newborn paternity testing with DNA analysis

“…Sexual assaults -rape, corruption, incest -against youthful girls sometimes yields pregnancy and the paternity of the perpetrator should be examined after abortion [1][2][3][4][5]. In the cases when an abandoned newborn is found it is necessary to prove the maternity of the putative mother.…”

Paternity testing after pregnancy termination using laser microdissection of chorionic villi

“…In the event of pregnancy after rape, paternity determination to identify the perpetrator can be performed prenatally by biopsy (Hammond et al 1995;Reshef et al 1999), by amniocentesis (Nata et al 1993) or by using abortion material as the DNA source (Wiegand et al 1991). Paternity testing on fetal tissue after homicide of a pregnant woman may provide a link to the identity and motivation of suspects .…”