Analysis of linkage and linkage disequilibrium for eight X-STR markers

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Tillmar, Andreas O ^a   Mostad, Petter ^b   Egeland, Thore ^c,d   Lindblom, Bertil ^a   Holmlund, Gunilla ^a   Montelius, Kerstin ^a  

^a National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratios; Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Recombination; Sweden; X chromosomal STR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; X CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 56549087511     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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