Table 3.

Example of a Statistical Report of Allele Binning (Marker D20S196)

Bin Start point End point BR ABD No. of alleles
1265.04266.071.03310
2268.18268.182.781
3271.1271.3150.213.058
4272.92273.330.411.8914
5276.05276.052.931
6277.63278.1850.561.7987
7278.74278.810.070.923
8279.63279.740.110.922
9280.615281.370.761.1546
10282.49282.810.321.8011
11283.39283.6250.230.8727
12284.3285.871.571.57112
13286.38286.820.441.4793
14287.32287.350.030.793
15288.285288.790.501.18228
16290.255290.80.541.93241
17292.205292.560.361.9154
18294.14294.430.291.887
19296.105296.340.241.976

[i] BR, bin range; ABD, adjacent bin distance. See text for definitions. Boldface numbers are cited in the text as examples of genotype error detection during allele binning. The start point is the smallest value of fragment lengths of a bin; end point is the largest value.