Analysis of the D1S80 (pMCT118) VNTR locus polymorphism in a native Kuwaiti population by the polymerase chain reaction

Forensic Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Al Nassar, Khaled E ^a   Mathew, Jancy ^a   Thomas, Nancy ^a   Fatania, Hasmukh R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

D1S80; PCR; Population study; Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KUWAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029871297     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01881-6     Document Type: Article

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