The potential contribution of MVR1-PCR to paternity probabilities in a case lacking a mother

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 863-867

  Tamaki, Keiji ^a   Huang, Xiu Lin ^a   Mizutani, Masaki ^a   Yamamoto, Toshimichi ^a   Katsumata, Ryu ^a   Uchihi, Rieko ^a   Katsumata, Yoshinao ^a   Jeffreys, Alec J ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Forensic science; Minisatellite; Motherless case; MVR PCR; Paternity test; Pathology and biology

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EXTRACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATERNITY TEST; PEPTIDE MAPPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNITY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHERS; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032587336     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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