RFLP (restriction fragment-lenght polymorphism) at the D2S44 locus, detected by the highly polymorphic probe YNH24 (Nakamura et al. 1987), can be used as an efficient tool in stain and paternity testing, as long as reliable fragment size frequencies are available (see van Eede et al. 1991, Gill et al. 1991, Budowle et al. 1991).