Paternity testing using Y-STR haplotypes: Assigning a probability for paternity in cases of mutations

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-15

  Rolf, B ^a   Keil, W ^a   Brinkmann, B ^b   Roewer, L ^c   Fimmers, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Likelihood; Mutation; Paternity probability; Y STR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034786621     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140000201     Document Type: Article

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