Polymorphisms of mtDNA control region in Tunisian and Moroccan populations: An enrichment of forensic mtDNA databases with Northern Africa data

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Turchi, Chiara ^a   Buscemi, Loredana ^a   Giacchino, Erika ^a   Onofri, Valerio ^a   Fendt, Liane ^b   Parson, Walther ^b   Tagliabracci, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forensic database; Morocco; mtDNA; Phylogenetic analysis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DONOR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TUNISIA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAPLOTYPES; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MALE; MOROCCO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

EID: 67349179084     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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