Meiosis study in a population sample from Nigeria: Allele frequencies and mutation rates of 16 STR loci

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-261

  Hohoff, Carsten ^a   Schürenkamp, Marianne ^a   Brinkmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mutation; Nigeria; Population study; Short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MEIOSIS; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NIGERIA;

EID: 67349193312     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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