Italian population data on the polymarker system and on the five short tandem repeat loci CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, F13B, and vWA

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 837-840

  Garofano, Luciano ^a,d   Lago, Gianpietro ^a   Vecchio, Cesare ^a   Pizzamiglio, Marco ^a   Zanon, Carlo ^a   Virgili, Antonino ^a   Albonici, Loredana ^b   Manzari, Vittorio ^b   Budowle, Bruce ^c  

^a Serv Carabinieri Investigazioni S   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^d Sottocentro Carabinieri I   (Italy)

Author keywords

D7S8; DNA typing; Forensic science; Gc; GYPA; HBGG; HumCSF1PO; HumF13B; HumTH01; HumTPOX; HumvWA31; Ital y; LDLR; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031926161     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14315j     Document Type: Article

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