Pros and cons in the use of SNPs in forensic kinship investigation: A comparative analysis with STRs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Amorim, António ^a   Pereira, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Kinship; Mutation; Null allele; SNP; STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144376705     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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