Frequency of the hypervariable DNA loci D18S849, D3S1744, D12S1090 andD1S80 in a mixed ancestry population of Chilean blood donors

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-146

  Acuna M ^a   Jorquera, H ^a   Cifuentes, L ^a   Armanet, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Forensic Medical Service   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilean population; DNA polymorphisms; DNA typing; Forensic science; STR; VNTR

Indexed keywords

DNA; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANDEM REPEAT; URBAN POPULATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3242760722     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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