Genetic analysis of a Sicilian population using 15 short tandem repeats

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-178

  Calo C M ^a   Garofano, L ^b   Mameli, A ^b   Pizzamiglio, M ^b   Vona, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Ragto Carabinieri Invest S Parma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alia; Bottleneck; Sicily; STRS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALIA;

EID: 0038587622     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0030     Document Type: Article

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