An empirical exploration of the(δμ)2 genetic distance for 213 human microsatellite markers

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1125-1133

  Cooper, Gillian ^a   Amos, William ^a   Bellamy, Richard ^c,d   Siddiqui, Mahveen Ruby ^c,e   Frodsham, Angela ^c   Hill, Adrian V S ^c   Rubinsztein, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GAMBIA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INDIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033365291     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302574     Document Type: Article

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