Allele frequencies of nine STR systems in the Flemish population and application in parentage testing

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 177-180

  Mertens, G ^a   Mommers, N ^a   Heylen, H ^a   Gielis, M ^a   Muylle, L ^a   Vandenberghe, A ^a  

^a Rode Kruis Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA polymorphism; Paternity testing; Short tandem repeats (STRs)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BELGIUM; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030798686     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050062     Document Type: Article

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