Evaluating the informative power of Y-STRs: A comparative study using European and new African haplotype data

Forensic Science International

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 126-133

  Alves, Cíntia ^a   Gusmão, Leonor ^a   Barbosa, Joselina ^a   Amorim, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forensics; Haplotype diversity; Mozambique; Population studies; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVALUATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0038309918     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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