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Higher sample throughput in most forensics labs comes along with an increasing need of suitable automated fragment analysis and allele calling software. Applied Biosystems' GeneMapperID™ was introduced to replace time consuming softwares GeneScan® and/or Genotyper® including an Oracle™ database and multi-user functionality. The present description shows that the GeneMapperID™ offers a number of improvements in handling and viewing, but also exhibits a wide range of bugs and annoying alerts up to the danger of wrong allele calling. Embedded in the ‘Integrated Solutions’ philosophy of AB, which makes labs more and more dependent on AB products, a critical appraisal is taken on the GeneMapperID™ and its “work in progress” characteristics. |
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