| CPC C12Q 1/6858 (2013.01) [C12Q 1/6879 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6888 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims | 

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               1. A kit for co-amplification of a set of loci in a DNA sample, the kit comprising a set of amplification primers provided together in the kit, the set of amplification primers comprising primers configured for the amplification of: 
            Y-STR markers DYS576, DYS389I, DYS460, DYS458, DYS19, DYS456, DYS390, DYS570, DYS437, DYS393, and DYS439, 
                wherein the kit omits one or more of Y-STR markers DYS385ab, DYS389II, DYS391, DYS392, DYS438, DYS448, or Y-GATA-H4, and 
                wherein the kit comprises an allelic ladder that contains allelic size standards for known alleles of the Y-STR markers DYS576, DYS389I, DYS460, DYS458, DYS19, DYS456, DYS390, DYS570, DYS437, DYS393, and DYS439, 
                wherein, for each Y-STR marker, the allelic size standards cover a range from a smallest allele to a largest allele amplified by the set of amplification primers configured to amplify the Y-STR marker, 
                wherein each range of allelic size standards is separated by an at least two base pair difference from a preceding range of allelic size standards for a first adjacent Y-STR marker and a proceeding range of allelic size standards for a second adjacent Y-STR marker. 
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