Concordance study between GeneMapperTM ID-X Software v1.6 and the earlier version: The impact of revision of peak height detection algorithm on forensic STR typing

Abstract

not detected by the other version. For the quality assessments by PQV ‰ags, discordance was found in only SPK in Sample-Level Quality Assessments, discordance was found in BIN, PHR, LPH, AN, BD, SPK, and ACC in Marker-Level Quality Assessments. These discordances except for peak area were caused by lower peaks derived from artifact and / or noise. Further, the impact of the version diŠerence on the calculation of the minimum thresholds was evaluated. Although slight diŠerences in detected peak height were observed by the revision of the peak height detection algorithm, the calculated minimum thresholds resulted in the same values.