Mutations at Y-STR loci: Implications for paternity testing and forensic analysis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 116-121

  Kayser, Manfred ^a   Sajantila, Antti ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Mutations; Paternity testing; Short tandem repeat loci; Y chromosome; Y STR

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FATHER; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035874084     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00480-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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