Informative DNA Paternity Test - $279 CDN

Accu-Metrics can collect specimens from all involved parties at our collection centre in Toronto or provide our Home DNA Sample Collection Kit Worldwide to individuals wishing to have a paternity test conducted on samples they collect themselves. Samples can be collected discretely in the privacy of your home and sent to us by mail or courier. Your samples will be analyzed and your results can be provided to you via mail, telephone, e-mail, and/or fax.

Note: We accept Non-Standard forensic DNA sample substitutes for an additional charge.

Cost of testing
The informative paternity test costs $279. If you wish to collect the samples yourself in the privacy of your home, you will need to order our Home Sample Collection Kit. The kit will be sent to you at no charge. The processing fee of $279, which includes taxes, should be sent along with the samples when they are submitted to us for analysis.

Who's involved?
We require the samples from the alleged father and child for conclusive results (typically over 99.99% accurate); the mother is not required to participate in the test.

How long will my results take?
Results are provided in approximately 7 business days.

How accurate is the test?
Results are typically over 99.99% accurate for inclusion and 100% accurate for exclusion of a potential father.

How will I receive my results?
You may choose to receive your results by mail, telephone, e-mail, and/or fax.

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DNA Paternity Testing Kit:

 

Legally Admissible (Court Approved) Paternity Test - $379 CDN

Accu-Metrics provides legal paternity tests in Canada and internationally. If you live locally, samples can be brought directly to our facility in Toronto. Otherwise, kits can be sent to you with the appropriate documentation and procedures needed for a legal paternity test. The sample collection kits are easy to use and self explanatory. If there are any questions, we can be contacted directly for assistance. Only the father and child are required for testing. The mother's participation is not required for conclusive results. The cost of a legally admissible paternity test is $379.


Chain of Custody and Identification Process:

Adults must bring two pieces of government issue identification, one of which must contain a photo. For children, a birth certificate or health care card is sufficient. Photographs of all donors are also taken on site.

Viaguard DNAffirm Technology and Paternity Determination

Understanding DNA

DNA (desoxynucleic acid) stores the genetic information in the cells of your being. It is made up of four similar compounds A.T.C. and G, that are repeated over and over in pairs.

A gene is a distinct portion of a cell’s DNA and provides the coded instructions that help structure and determine every aspect of your physical and mental being.

Genes are parcelled in bundles called chromosomes. There are 23 pairs of chromosomes one of each are from the mother and one from the father. The 23rd chromosome is the sexual determinate.

Viaguard testing is based on PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and the use of STR (short tandem repeats) to generate multiplex reactions where many STR regions are tested simultaneously. Viaguard DNAffirm technology used in paternity testing produces a 100% result excluding the approximate .0000001% incidence of monozygotic genes (identical twins).

Paternity Testing and the 24% of Misattributed Paternities

Viaguard now offers no-cost, voluntary counselling services when the supposed father turns out to not be the father.

In the general population there is a world wide average of about 7% putative (supposed) fathers, but the actual statistics range from about 3% in upper income groups to 18% in the lowest income groups.

Paternity tests demonstrating these statistics are generated by tests done in connection with organ transplants, genetic risk assessments, and increasingly suspicion by the putative father for any number of reasons. The group basing testing on suspicious circumstances have generated about 24% as misattributed paternities.

Complete confidentiality of results at Viaguard leaves the decision about the release of information and the no-cost counselling available, to the person(s) requesting the paternity test.

The Y Chromosome and Male Paternity

The Viaguard DNAffirm Paternity Test utilizes advanced technology, but the human sperm gene that is vital to paternity has remained largely unchanged for over 100 million years.

This gene called BOULE is responsible for sperm production and thus perpetuating every species. It is the touchstone of paternity.

Early ectothermic vertebrates had no sex chromosomes and sexual orientation was determined environmentally such as in the case of reptiles where sex is determined by such factors as incubation temperatures and some species evolve as hermofrodic (contain both sexes). The XY chromosome human determinant of sex originated in species about 165 million years ago and has constantly evolved since. Over time the Y chromosome has developed characteristics so that those areas around the sex determinate genes do not readily recombined with the female X chromosome. As a result the Y chromosome is thought to have lost 1393 of its original 1438 original genes and there were until recently fears that the Y chromosome would lose its fertility in another 10 million years.

In humans the Y chromosome is comprised of about 58 million base pairs with the SRY genome triggering testis development. The DNA in the Y chromosome is passed from father to son so that other then SRY, no essential developmental genes are contained on the Y chromosome since it is absent in females.

Recent studies indicate that the Y chromosome appears to be recovering its vitality and is proving adept of maintaining a diversity of genes surrounding its primary function of sperm production.

Paternity testing now includes social responsibility.

Viaguard Laboratories paternity test includes no-cost, optional counselling where there is a negative test result.

Viaguard has initiated a program of no-cost, optional counselling for the non-genetic father, mother, and adult child. Where test results indicate no paternal genetic link, but bonding has occurred, and a family unit exists. This no-cost counselling has shown dramatic results in what can be a traumatic, emotional socio-economic situation. Initial results indicate that after counselling, 63% of participants indicated they would like to maintain their bonded family relationship.

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