A Highly Discriminating 21 Locus Y-STR "Megaplex" System Designed to Augment the Minimal Haplotype Loci for Forensic Casework

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-51

  Hanson, Erin K ^a   Ballantyne, Jack ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

DYS 443; DYS 444; DYS 445; DYS 447; DYS 448; DYS 449; DYS 452; DYS 453; DYS 454; DYS 455; DYS 456; DYS 458; DYS 463; DYS 464; DYS 468; DYS 484; DYS 522; DYS 527; DYS 531; DYS 557; DYS 588; Forensic science; Y chromosome markers; Y STR megaplex; Y STR multiplex

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTIFACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FORENSIC CASEWORK; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MINIMAL HAPLOTYPE LOCUS; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POSTCOITAL CERVICOVAGINAL SWAB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME; Y STR MEGAPLEX SYSTEM;

EID: 0347021117     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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