Practical applications of genotypic surveys for forensic STR testing

Forensic Science International

Volumn 112, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 91-109

  Holt, Cydne L ^a   Stauffer, Clinton ^b   Wallin, Jeanette M ^a   Lazaruk, Katherine D ^a   Nguyen, Theresa ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^b   Walsh, P Sean ^a  

^a APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Hardy Weinberg; Linkage equilibrium; Population genetics; Statistics; STR

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0034648477     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00169-9     Document Type: Article

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