Allele frequencies of six highly polymorphic DNA loci in the Croatian population

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 949-957

  Drmic I ^a   Schanfield, M S ^b   Andjelinovic S ^a   Galavotti, R ^c   Gojanovic M D ^a   Trabetti, E ^c   Marasovic D ^a   Primorac, D ^a,d   Pignatti, P F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Analyt Genet Testing Center Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Croatia; DNA polymorphism; Individual identification; Paternity testing; Pcr; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0032191816     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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