Validation of a frequency database for four STR loci for use in casework in the Strathclyde Police Forensic Science Laboratory

Forensic Science International

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Lee, L D ^a   Fairley, M ^a   Lambert, J A ^b   Evett, I W ^b  

^a Strathclyde Police Forensic Support Department   (United Kingdom)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Frequencies; Scotland; STR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030000435     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(96)01892-0     Document Type: Article

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