A highly polymorphic STR locus in Cannabis sativa

Forensic Science International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Hsieh, Hsing Mei ^a   Hou, Rur Jyun ^a   Tsai, Li Chin ^a   Wei, Chih Sheng ^a   Liu, Su Wen ^a   Huang, Li Hung ^a   Kuo, Yi Chen ^a   Linacre, Adrian ^b   Lee, James Chun I ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis sativa; Microsatellite DNA; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMULUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0037426753     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00395-X     Document Type: Article

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