Allele frequencies for 15 autosomal STR loci and admixture estimates in Puerto Rican Americans

Forensic Science International

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 266-270

  Zuniga J ^a,b   Ilzarbe, M ^a   Acunha Alonzo, V ^c   Rosetti, F ^c   Herbert, Z ^a   Romero, V ^a   Almeciga, I ^a   Clavijo, O ^a   Stern, J N H ^a   Granados, J ^e   Fridkis Hareli, M ^a   Morrison, P ^a   Azocar, J ^d   Yunis, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d Northgate Medical Center   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allelic frequencies; AmpF STR Identifiler ; Puerto Rican; Short tandem repeat; STR

Indexed keywords

DNA; MARKER;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751057701     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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