A rapid mtDNA assay of 22 SNPs in one multiplex reaction increases the power of forensic testing in European Caucasians

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-523

  Kohnemann S ^a   Sibbing, U ^a   Pfeiffer, H ^a   Hohoff, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haplogroup H; Multiplex mtDNA forensic assay; Phylogenetic tree; Power of discrimination; SNaPshot; SNP

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DECISION TREES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 53849133391     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0267-x     Document Type: Article

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