Variation at 16 STR loci in Rwandans (Hutu) and implications on profile frequency estimation in Bantu-speakers

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Tofanelli, Sergio ^a   Boschi, Ilaria ^b   Bertoneri, Stefania ^a   Coia, Valentina ^c   Taglioli, Luca ^a   Franceschi, Marcello Giovanni ^a   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^c   Pascali, Vincenzo ^b   Paoli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bantu speakers; CODIS; Hutu; Rwanda; STR profiles

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0038515175     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0349-0     Document Type: Article

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