Characterisation of variant alleles at the HumD21S11 locus implies unique Australasian genotypes and re-classification of nomenclature guidelines

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Walsh, Simon J ^a,b   Robinson, Sarah L ^c   Turbett, Gavin R ^d   Davies, Neil P ^e   Wilton, Alan N ^e  

^a Science and Justice Consulting   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Clin and Environmental Toxicology   (Australia)

^d PathCentre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forensic science; HumD21S11; Population genetics; STR profiling; Sub population data; Variant alleles

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0043170961     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00170-1     Document Type: Article

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