D9S1120, a simple STR with a common Native American-specific allele: Forensic optimization, locus characterization and allele frequency studies

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Phillips, C ^a   Rodriguez, A ^a   Mosquera Miguel, A ^a   Fondevila, M ^a   Porras Hurtado, L ^a   Rondon, F ^a   Salas, A ^a   Carracedo, Á ^a   Lareu, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIMs; Ancestry markers; D9S1120; Population genetics; STR

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPAIN; TAIWAN;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIBERIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 56549098561     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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