Population data for 101 Austrian Caucasian mitochondrial DNA d-loop sequences: Application of mtDNA sequence analysis to a forensic case

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 124-132

  Parson, W ^a   Parsons, T J ^b   Scheithauer, R ^a   Holland, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic casework; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; Population frequency estimates

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HAIR; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THEFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031970150     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050132     Document Type: Article

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