Haplotype diversity of 16 Y-chromosomal STRs in three main ethnic populations (Malays, Chinese and Indians) in Malaysia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-76

  Chang, Yuet Meng ^a   Perumal, Revathi ^a   Keat, Phoon Yoong ^a   Kuehn, Daniel L C ^b  

^a Forensic DNA Laboratory   (Malaysia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Chinese; Deletion; Duplication; Haplotype diversity; Indian; Locus diversity; Malay; Malaysia; Y chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y STRs)

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33947176655     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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