Fluorescent polymerase chain reaction: Part I. A new method allowing genetic diagnosis and DNA fingerprinting of single cells

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-152

  Findlay, Ian ^a   Quirke, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic dropout; DNA fingerprinting; Fluorescent polymerase chain reaction; Genetic diagnosis; Preferential amplification

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0030000924     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.2.137     Document Type: Review

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