This option is validated in version 21.15 because in this version the stutter filter is added. The PCR parameters will be imported according to the manual. These differences were caused by the setting of the option Count observed allele how many times in database . The allele TH01 9.3 caused another problem. 21 Immigration is available.
Immigration performs automatically for each locus the calculations in a kinship situation.
Protocol Twenty known trios from routine casework will be tested. Ten exclusions and ten proven cases. Five more complex kinship cases will be analyzed concerning the calculated PI value, the choice of the paternal fragment and the used formulas. The results of the paternity index calculation using the feature Immigration and with the standard casework, kinship may only differ for some slight round off causes. Also in the more complex kinship cases there was no matter of dispute.