Expanding the forensic German mitochondrial DNa control region database: Genetic diversity as a function of sample size and microgeography

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 291-298

  Pfeiffer, H ^a   Brinkmann, B ^a   Huhne J ^a   Rolf, B ^a   Morris, A A ^c   Steighner, R ^b   Holland, M M ^b   Forster, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypervariable regions; Match probability; Mitochondrial DNA; Population study

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032818934     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050252     Document Type: Article

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