Analysis of 10 X-STRs in three African populations

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-211

  Gomes, Iva ^a,b   Alves, Cíntia ^a   Maxzud, Karina ^c   Pereira, Rui ^a   Prata, Maria João ^a   Sánchez Diz, Paula ^b   Carracedo, Angel ^b   Amorim, António ^a   Gusmão, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Cordoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Africa; Short tandem repeat; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; UGANDA; X CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANGOLA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOZAMBIQUE; PARENTS; UGANDA;

EID: 34248573315     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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