Reverse Paternity Testing
Reverse paternity determination is the ability to establish the biological father when the father of a person, or a suspect, is not available. The test uses the STR alleles in mother and her child, other children and brothers of the alleged father and deduction of genetic constitution of the father by the basis of genetic laws to create a rough amalgamation. The advantage of this knowledge is the ability to compare the father's DNA when a direct sample of the father is not available. An episode of Solved (TV series) shows this test used to see if a blood sample matches with the victim of a kidnapping.
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