Improved haplotype analysis of human myelin basic protein short tandem repeat loci

Human Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 489-498

  Watanabe, Gotaro ^a   Umetsu, Kazuo ^a   Yuasa, Isao ^b   Suzuki, Tsuneo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic analysis; Germany; Haplotype; Human myelin protein; Japan; STR

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIANCE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN GENE; JAPAN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0034086499     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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