How many clones need to be sequenced from a single forensic or ancient DNA sample in order to determine a reliable consensus sequence?

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2549-2556

  Bower, Mim A ^b   Spencer, Matthew ^a   Matsumura, Shuichi ^b   Nisbet, R Ellen R ^b   Howe, Christopher J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; INTERNET; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVALUATION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOSSILS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 18744390525     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki550     Document Type: Article

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