Y chromosome: From evolution to forensics - An overview;Kromosom Y: Od evolucije do forenzike

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Gršković, Branka ^a   Mršić, Gordan ^a  

^a Ministarstvo Unutarnjih Poslova   (Croatia)

Author keywords

AZF region; Forensics; Non recombining region; Short tandem repeat; SRY gene; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA MINISATELLITE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AZOOSPERMIA; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77955951752     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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