Contribution for an African autosomic STR database (AmpF/STR Identifiler and Powerplex 16 System) and a report on genotypic variations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 201-205

  Alves, Cíntia ^a   Gusmão, Leonor ^a   Damasceno, Albertino ^b   Soares, Benilde ^b   Amorim, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

AmpF STR Identifiler; Mozambique; Null alleles; Population data; Powerplex 16 System; STRs; Triplet allele patterns

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOZAMBIQUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 1042287397     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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