paternity genotyping

Specimen

• whole blood (ACD or EDTA)
• chorionic villi
• amniocytes
• store body fluids at 4 degrees C
• store cells at -20 degrees C or below

Notes

• multilocus probing provides unique individual identification

More general terms

• genotyping (allele testing)

Additional terms

• microsatellite or variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR)
• paternity testing