Allele frequencies for 20 microsatellites in a worldwide population survey

Human Heredity

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Pérez Lezaun, Anna ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^a   Mateu, Eva ^a,b   Comas, David ^a   Bosch, Elena ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut Universitari de Salut Publica de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; DNA polymorphism; Microsatellite; Tetranucleotide short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0344818285     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154412     Document Type: Article

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