A rare mutation in the primer binding region of the Amelogenin X homologue gene

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-267

  Maciejewska, Agnieszka ^a   Pawłowski, Ryszard ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amelogenin gene; Polish population; X homologue null allele

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLICON; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; AMELOGENIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLAND; POPULATION GROUPS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67651244054     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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