Journal Published Online: 01 November 1996
Volume 41, Issue 6

Gender Identification of Human Hair Using Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Identification of the gender of hair represents relevant medicolegal evidence in criminal cases. The efficacy of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) using chromosome X and Y centromeric probes was tested to determine its ability to identify correctly the gender of hair. In this preliminary study, FISH correctly identified the gender of cells from hair as old as 26 days. The technique is accurate, rapid, sensitive, easily performed, and readily available. As a forensic laboratory technique, FISH shows great promise.

Author Information

Prahlow, JA
Lantz, PE
J.A.P., South Western Institute for Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX
Cox-Jones, K
Section on Medical Genetics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Nagesh Rao, P
Directors of the Cytogenetic and Molecular Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Section on Medical Genetics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Pettenati, MJ
Directors of the Cytogenetic and Molecular Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Section on Medical Genetics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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Stock #: JFS14044J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14044J