Which short tandem repeat polymorphisms are required for identification? Lessons from complicated kinship cases

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 593-597

  Henke, Jürgen ^a,b   Henke, Lotte ^a  

^a Institut fur Blutgruppenforschung   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Blutgruppenforschung LGC GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; PARENTHOOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

FAMILY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 24344465907     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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