New alleles and mutational events at 14 STR loci from different German populations

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 232-237

  Becker, Dorit ^a   Bender, Klaus ^b   Edelmann, Jeanett ^c   Götz, Frank ^d   Henke, Lotte ^e   Hering, Sandra ^f   Hohoff, Carsten ^g   Hoppe, Karolin ^g   Klintschar, Michael ^h   Muche, Matthias ⁱ   Rolf, Burkhard ^j   Szibor, Reinhard ^k   Weirich, Volker ^l   Jung, Martin ^a   Brabetz, Werner ^a  

^a Biotype AG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Qualitype AG   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Blutgruppenforschung LGC GmbH   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ Institute for Blood Group Serology and Genetics   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

DNA typing; Mutation rate; Primer binding site mutation; Short tandem repeat; Silent allele

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNITY TEST; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION;

EID: 34548406972     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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