HLA-DQA1 and polymarker allele frequencies in two New York City Jewish populations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 919-922

  Medintz, Igor ^a   Levine, Louis ^b   McCurdy, Leslie ^a   Chiriboga, Luis ^a   Kingston, Charles ^c   Desnick, Robert J ^a   Eng, Christine M ^a   Kobilinsky, L ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; D7S8; DNA typing; Forensic science; GC; GYPA; HBGG; HLA DQA1; Jewish populations; LDLR; New York City; Polymarker; Polymerase chain reaction; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; JEW; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030883145     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14231j     Document Type: Article

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