Regional genetic variation in Caucasians

Forensic Science International

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-37

  Foreman, Lindsey A ^a   Lambert, James A ^a   Evett, Ian W ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; National DNA Intelligence Database; Population differentiation; Short tandem repeat (STR) loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BAYES THEOREM; CAUCASIAN; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032490606     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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