A method for accurate amplification of polymorphic CA-repeat sequences.

  1. S J Odelberg and
  2. R White
  1. Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.

Abstract

Anomalous PCR products are often produced during the amplification of d(CA)n.d(TG)n sequences. Upon denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, these products yield a ladder-like pattern that can complicate genotypic interpretation. We have developed two related techniques, referred to as two- and three-stage linear amplification (2-SLA and 3-SLA, respectively), which largely overcome this problem and yield readily interpretable banding patterns.

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