Typing of eight short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a Saudi Arabian population

Forensic Science International

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Sinha, Sudhir ^a   Amjad, Muhammad ^b   Rogers, Carol ^c   Hamby, James E ^b   Tahir, Usman A ^d   Balamurugan, Kuppareddi ^b   Al Kubaidan, Nahedh A ^e   Choudhry, Abdul Rauf ^f   Budowle, Bruce ^g   Tahir, Mohammad A ^b  

^a ReliaGene Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Indianapolis Marion Co Forensic S   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Public Security/Forensic Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Saudi Arabia; Short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0032864325     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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