Unusual Association of Three Rare Alleles and a Mismatch in a Case of Paternity Testing

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-262

  Turchi, Chiara ^a   Pesaresi, Mauro ^a   Alessandrini, Federica ^a   Onofri, Valerio ^a   Arseni, Alessia ^a   Tagliabracci, Adriano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina Legale   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic science; Mismatch; Paternity testing; Rare alleles; STRs

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FATHER; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOUTH CAVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 1542286902     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003271     Document Type: Article

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