Genetic profile of 11 autosomal STR loci among the four major ethnic groups in Sri Lanka

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Illeperuma, Ruwan J ^a   Mohotti, Samudi N ^a   De Silva, Thilini M ^a   Fernandopulle, Neil D ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^b  

^a Genetech Molecular Diagnostics   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Short Tandem Repeats (STR); Sri Lankan ethnic groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SRI LANKA;

ALLELES; BLOOD; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SRI LANKA;

EID: 67349267382     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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