Mini-STRs

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-67

  Graham, Eleanor A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; MiniPlex; PCR; Short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644478494     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/FSMP:1:1:065     Document Type: Review

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