Comparative study of genetic variation at 15 STR loci in three isolated populations of the Bosnian mountain area

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-31

  Marjanovic, D ^a   Kapur, L ^a   Drobnic, K ^b   Budowle, B ^c   Pojskic, N ^a   Hadziselimovic, R ^a  

^a Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Slovenia)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adriatic islands; Bjela nica Treskavica region; Bosnian mountain area; CSF1PO; D13S317; D16S539; D18S51; D21S11; D3S1358; D5S818; D7S820; D8S1179; Genetic distance; Heterozygosity; Isolated population; Penta D; Penta E; Short Tandem Repeat (STR); TH01; TPOX; VWA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942670649     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0024     Document Type: Article

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