Genetic differentiation within and between four UK ethnic groups

Forensic Science International

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-20

  Foreman, Lindsey A ^a   Lambert, James A ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Match probability; National DNA intelligence database; Population heterogeneity; Short tandem repeat (STR) loci; UK population data

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; NEGRO; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034626621     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00271-1     Document Type: Article

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