Can the presence of blood or semen be detected on an item of clothing or other materials/objects?
Yes. Testing can be performed to confirm the presence of blood, sperm and/or semen in a sample. • Are you able to get a DNA profile from urine? Yes. A profile can be obtained from urine. • Can you test hair without the root? Yes. Instead of using nuclear DNA testing, we would use mitochondrial DNA testing. • I have a sample with a male/female mixture, but no male DNA profile was obtained from standard testing. Is there a way to obtain a male profile? Yes. Y-STR testing can be used to obtain a male profile in these instances. However, a minimum amount of male DNA must be present. If there are multiple male contributors in a sample, Y-STR testing may also help to differentiate the individual contributors. • What kind of reference sample is required? For reference samples, we prefer buccal swabs or blood cards, but we will also accept whole blood. All three sample types produce equally accurate results. We will provide you with buccal swab collection kits. If you are sending whole blood,
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- Can the presence of blood or semen be detected on an item of clothing or other materials/objects? Can it be used as a test sample?
- Can the presence of blood, sperm or semen be detected on an item of clothing or other materials/objects?
- Can the presence of blood or semen be detected on an item of clothing or other materials/objects?
