Genetic variation of 15 autosomal STR loci in Upper (Southern) Egyptians

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Omran, Ghada A ^a   Rutty, Guy N ^a   Jobling, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autosomal STRs; Population database; South Egypt; Upper Egyptians

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EGYPT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 59649096262     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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