PCR typing of DNA fragments of the two short tandem repeat (STR) systems upstream of the human myelin basic protein (MBP) gene in Danes and Greenland Eskimos

Forensic Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-156

  Nellemann, Lars J ^a   Frederiksen, Jette ^b   Morling, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danes; DNA; Greenland Eskimos; MBP; Paternity testing; PCR; Population frequencies; STR

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; REPETITIVE DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHERITANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029871715     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01882-4     Document Type: Article

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