Population study of the short tandem repeat polymorphisms HumTH01, HumvWA31, HumFESFPS and HumF13A01 in Sicily (Southern Italy)

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 281-283

  Asmundo, A ^a   Crino C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HumF13A01; HumFESFPS; HumTH01; HumvWA31; PCR; Population studies; Short tandem repeats; Sicily; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SICILY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0031828768     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050171     Document Type: Article

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