Extended guidelines for mtDNA typing of population data in forensic science

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-19

  Parson, Walther ^a   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMPOP; Haplogroup; Mitochondrial DNA; Network; Quality control; Sequencing; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATOR GENE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34247892408     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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