Recommendations for consistent treatment of length variants in the human mitochondrial DNA control region

Forensic Science International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-42

  Wilson, Mark R ^a   Allard, Marc W ^b   Monson, Keith ^a   Miller, Kevin W P ^c   Budowle, Bruce ^c  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FBI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 0037057116     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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