Different informativeness of the three hypervariable mitochondrial DNA regions in the population of Bologna (Italy)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Bini, C ^a   Ceccardi, S ^a   Luiselli, D ^a   Ferri, G ^a   Pelotti, S ^a   Colalongo, C ^a   Falconi, M ^a   Pappalardo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypervariable regions (HVRs); Mitochondrial DNA; Polymorphism; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042168829     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00167-1     Document Type: Article

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