Alternative primers for DYS391 typing: Advantages of their application to forensic genetics

Forensic Science International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Gusmão, Leonor ^a,b   González Neira, Annabel ^a   Sánchez Diz, Paula ^a   Lareu, María Victoria ^a   Amorim, Antonio ^b   Carracedo, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DYS391; Forensics; X chromosome STR; X Y homology; Y chromosome STR

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 17644438303     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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