• Neha Bhale
• Ankita Dikshit
• Sitakant Palaskar
• Rohan Shinde
• Santosh Kote

Single source STR DNA profiles are preferably used in paternity testing and forensic casework. In this paper we present paternity testing cases, where conceptus samples contain a mixture of both maternal and fetal cells/tissues. Using autosomal STR and Y-chromosomal STR profiling we were able to successfully use the mixed DNA profile to prove paternity. Such a course of action was only applied to cases where it was impossible to separate maternal and fetal tissues and resampling was not viable.

Mixed DNA profile, Paternity Testing, Conceptus, Fetal Tissue, Maternal Tissue.

"Forensic Paternity Testing With Mixed Fetal DNA Samples ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 9, page no.b87-b95, September-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2609109.pdf

"Forensic Paternity Testing With Mixed Fetal DNA Samples ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 9, page no. ppb87-b95, September-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2609109.pdf