ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 November 1987
Page Count: 5

A Case of Paternity Testing Influenced by the Silent Allele of Rh Erythrocyte Groups
Ishimoto, G
Associate professor, Mie University School of Medicine,

Fukushima, H
Instructor, lecturer, associate professor, and professor, Shinshu University School of Medicine,

Hasekura, H
Instructor, lecturer, associate professor, and professor, Shinshu University School of Medicine,

Yonemura, I
Instructor, lecturer, associate professor, and professor, Shinshu University School of Medicine,

Ota, M
Instructor, lecturer, associate professor, and professor, Shinshu University School of Medicine,

Yamada, T
Instructor and professor, Aichi Medical University,

Mizutani, Y
Instructor and professor, Aichi Medical University,

(Received 18 February 1987; accepted 13 March 1987)

Abstract

A paternity test is presented in which a father and his two children possessed an extremely rare amorphic gene R⁻²⁹(r=, –––). One of the children was determined to be illegitimate at the first trial as her Rh phenotype was R2R2 (ccDEE) and the father's phenotype was R1R1 (CCDee). At the Court of Appeal, however, the rare Rh gene (r= –––) was shown to be inherited from the father to the appellant child through extended tests including her brother whose phenotype was also R2R2 (ccDEE). She was acknowledged to be legitimate.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, paternity, genetic typing, forensic immunogenetics, legitimacy, Rh blood groups, amorphic gene (r= –––)

Paper ID: JFS11239J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11239J
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