Population genetics of STR loci in caucasians

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 300-305

  Balding, David J ^a   Greenhalgh, Matthew ^b   Nichols, Richard A ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA profiles; Identification; Paternity; Short tandem repeat (STR); Statistics

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; IDENTITY; PATERNITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DNA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PATERNITY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0029975502     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02432124     Document Type: Article

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