Report of the European DNA profiling group (EDNAP): An investigation of the complex STR loci D21S11 and HUMFIBRA (FGA)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Gill, Peter ^a   D'Aloja, E ^b   Andersen, J ^a   Dupuy, B ^c   Jangblad, M ^d   Johnsson, V ^e   Kloosterman, A D ^f   Kratzer, A ^g   Lareu, M V ^h   Meldegaard, M ⁱ   Phillips, C ^j   Pfitzinger, H ^k   Rand, S ^l   Sabatier, M ^m   Scheithauer, R ⁿ   Schmitter, H ^o   Schneider, P ^p   Vide, M C ^q  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Ricshospitalet 0027   (Norway)

^d SKL Natl Lab of Forensic Science   (Sweden)

^e National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^f NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^l INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^m Laboratorie de Police Scientifique   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^o Bundeskriminalamt   (Germany)

^p JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

D21S11 and HUMFIBRA (FGA); DNA profiling; European laboratories; Short tandem repeat (STR) loci; Standardisation; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030948023     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)02108-7     Document Type: Article

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