Short alleles revealed by PCR demonstrate no heterozygote deficiency at minisatellite loci D1S7, D7S21, and D12S11

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 417-425

  Alonso, S ^a   Castro, A ^a   Fernandez Fernandez I ^a   De Pancorbo, M M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b School of Medicine and Dentistry   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031027572     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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