Electrophoresis artefacts - A previously unrecognized cause of error in microsatellite analysis

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-328

  Fernando, Prithiviraj ^a   Evans, Ben J ^a   Morales, Juan Carlos ^a   Melnick, Don J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Error; Gel electrophoresis; Genotyping; Microsatellite; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038489261     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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