Development of a highly polymorphic STR marker for identity testing purposes at the human androgen receptor gene (HUMARA)

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1046-1049

  Desmarais, Danielle ^a   Zhong, Yixi ^b   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^b   Perreault, Claude ^a   Busque, Lambert ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Electrophoretic resolution; Forensic science; French Canadian; HUMARA; Paternity testing; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031679152     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14355j     Document Type: Article

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