Resolving relationship tests that show ambiguous STR results using autosomal SNPs as supplementary markers

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-204

  Phillips, C ^a,b   Fondevila, M ^a   Garcia Magarinos M ^a   Rodriguez, A ^a   Salas, A ^a,b   Carracedo, Á ^a,b   Lareu, M V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forensic DNA typing; Paternity testing; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP; STR analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME ABERRATION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNITY TEST; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FATHERS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIBLINGS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 43049133510     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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