Allele frequencies of 15 autosomal STR loci in the Iraq population with comparisons to other populations from the middle-eastern region

Forensic Science International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-92

  Barni, Filippo ^a   Berti, Andrea ^a   Pianese, Antonio ^a   Boccellino, Antonio ^a   Miller, Mark P ^b   Caperna, Aldo ^c   Lago, Giampietro ^a  

^a Genetics Unit   (Italy)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Iraq population; Population data; Shia and Sunni Arabs; STR DNA typing

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARAB; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IRAQ; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 33947192505     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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