Maine caucasian population DNA database using twelve short tandem repeat loci

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 392-395

  Kupferschmid, Timothy D ^a   Calicchio, Theresa ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^b  

^a Maine State Police Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^b FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF1PO; D13S317; D18S51; D21S11; D3S1358; D5S818; D7 S820; D8S1179; DNA typing; FGA; Forensic science; Population database; Population genetics; Short tandem repeat loci; TH01; TPOX; vWA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033035551     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14471j     Document Type: Article

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