Usefulness of 12 Y-STRs for forensic genetics evaluation in two populations from Venezuela

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-112

  Borjas, Lisbeth ^a   Bernal, Lennie Pineda ^a   Chiurillo, Miguel A ^c   Tovar, Florangel ^b   Zabala, William ^a   Lander, Noelia ^b   Ramírez, Jose L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Caracas; Forensic genetic; Maracaibo; Venezuela; Y Database; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARACAS; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARACAIBO; POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 37749004052     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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