Genetic variation of three tetrameric tandem repeats in four distinct Israeli ethnic groups

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 983-986

  Amar, Avraham ^a,b   Brautbar, Chaim ^a,b   Motro, Uzi ^c   Fisher, Tovi ^b   Bonne Tamir, Batsheva ^d   Israel, Shoshana ^a,b  

^a Tissue Typing Unit   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; CSF1PO; Database; DNA typing; Ethnic groups; Forensic science; Israel; Population genetics; Short tandem repeats; THO1; TPOX

Indexed keywords

TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISRAEL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0032874096     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs12027j     Document Type: Article

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