Interpretation of simple mixtures of when artefacts such as stutters are present - With special reference to multiplex STRs used by the Forensic Science Service

Forensic Science International

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-224

  Gill, P ^a   Sparkes, B ^a   Buckleton, J S ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alleles; Interpretation of mixtures; Stutter artefacts

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032511340     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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