Description and analysis of allele distribution for four VNTR markers in French and French Canadian populations

Human Heredity

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 135-143

  Monson, Keith L ^a   Moisan, Jean Paul ^b   Pascal, Olivier ^b   McSween, Michèle ^c   Aubert, Dominique ^b   Giusti, Alan ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^a   Lavergne, Léo ^c  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c Direction des Expertises Judiciaires Laboratoire de Police Scientifïque Ministère de la Sécurité Publique ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Forensic; Paternity testing; Population genetics; RFLP; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; CANADA; CAUCASOID RACE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0029010149     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154274     Document Type: Article

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