Characterization of the highly discriminatory loci DYS449, DYS481, DYS518, DYS612, DYS626, DYS644 and DYS710

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-110

  D'Amato, María Eugenia ^a   Ehrenreich, Liezle ^a   Cloete, Kevin ^a   Benjeddou, Mongi ^a   Davison, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Non core Y STRs; Population genetics; South Africa; Xhosa; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTH AFRICA; XHOSA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 73349090242     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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