Ancestry vs physical traits: The search for ancestry informative markers (AIMs) [2]

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-189

  Salas, A ^a,b   Phillips, C ^a,b   Carracedo, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinico Universitario   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIMs; Ancestry; Physical traits; Skin colour; SNPs

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33645833007     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0032-3     Document Type: Letter

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