Are convenience DNA samples significantly different?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-241

  Fung, Wing K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Convenience samples; Significance tests; Single locus probes; VNTR profiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030601643     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(96)02004-X     Document Type: Article

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