Polymorphic sites in human mitochondrial DNA control region sequences: Population data and maternal inheritance

Forensic Science International

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Baasner, Anne ^a   Schäfer, Claudia ^a   Junge, Anke ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control region; Hypervariable region I and II; Identity testing; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345040601     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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