Y-chromosome markers distribution in Northern Africa: High-resolution SNP and STR analysis in Tunisia and Morocco populations

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 235-236

  Onofri, Valerio ^a   Alessandrini, Federica ^a   Turchi, Chiara ^a   Pesaresi, Mauro ^a   Tagliabracci, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morocco; Population data; SNPs; STRs; Tunisia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOROCCO; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 50349100231     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.173     Document Type: Article

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