Estimation of mutation rates from parentage exclusion data: Applications to STR and VNTR loci

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a   Stivers, David N ^a   Zhong, Yixi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutation rate; Parentage exclusion; Short tandem repeat; Variable number of tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030570421     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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