Paternity exclusion by DNA markers: Effects of paternal mutations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 671-677

  Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a   Stivers, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

forensic science; germline mutation; paternity testing; STR; VNTR

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029971170     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13976j     Document Type: Article

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