A case of double alleles at three Y-STR loci: Forensic implications

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Diederiche, M ^a   Martin P ^b   Amorim, A ^c   Corte Real, F ^a,d   Gusmao L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^b Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AZFa region; Duplication; Human identification; Y STR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNITY; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 21744431676     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0526-z     Document Type: Article

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