PRENATAL PATERNITY TESTING WITH DNA ANALYSES

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 r aped. DNA analysis were performed using samples from the woman, her hu sband 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 paterni ty testing.