Characterization of human control region sequences for Spanish individuals in a forensic mtDNA data set

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 293-304

  Alvarez, J Carlos ^a   Johnson, Diana L E ^b   Lorente, Jose A ^a   Martinez espin, Esther ^a   Martinez Gonzalez, Luis J ^a   Allard, Marc ^b   Wilson, Mark R ^c   Budowle, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Investigation Academy   (United States)

^d Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Haplogroup designation; Haplotype; Mitochondrial DNA; Spanish

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 34548396822     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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