IDENTIFICATION AND PATERNITY DETERMINATION BY DETECTING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MULTIPLE NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES

摘要

The invention relates to a method of identifying individuals or paternity determination using polymorphic probes multiple presences (PPM). The invention also relates to test kits and probes based on this method. The method involves using multiple nucleic acid probes in hybridization assays separated, for example in different wells of a microtiter plate. Probes bind to nucleic acid sequences in certain individuals and not for others. The hybridization results are converted into a unique configuration that can be used to identify an individual.