Relating two deep-rooted pedigrees from Central Germany by high-resolution Y-STR haplotyping

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-128

  Kayser, Manfred ^a   Vermeulen, Mark ^a,b   Knoblauch, Hans ^c   Schuster, Herbert ^d   Krawczak, Michael ^e   Roewer, Lutz ^f  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

^d INFOGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep rooted pedigree; Likelihood; Mutation; Y STR

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248531131     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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