DNA isolation from a dried blood sample, PCR amplification, and population analysis: Making the most of commercially available kits

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 418-421

  Frost, Laura DeLong ^a   Peart, Sharifa T ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu repeat; DNA extraction; DNA gel electrophoresis; Hardy Weinberg statistics; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 8; DNA EXTRACTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0346874421     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.2003.494031060268     Document Type: Review

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