Global genetic variation at nine short tandem repeat loci and implications on forensic genetics

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-49

  Sun, Guangyun ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^b   Bayoumi, Riad ^c   Mulligan, Connie J ^d   Barrantes, Ramiro ^g   Raskin, Salmo ^e   Zhong, Yixi ^f   Akey, Joshua ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a   Deka, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^e Genetika Laboratory   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Forensic genetics; Forensic markers; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Parentage testing; Population genetics; STR database

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, GENETIC; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037265477     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200902     Document Type: Article

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