Population genetics of Y-chromosome STRs in a population of Northern Greeks

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kovatsi, Leda ^a   Saunier, Jessica L ^b   Irwin, Jodi A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic genetics; Greece; Population genetics; Y chromosome STR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 70649094243     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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