The GHEP-EMPOP collaboration on mtDNA population data - A new resource for forensic casework

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-151

  Prieto, L ^a   Zimmermann, B ^b   Goios, A ^c   Rodriguez Monge, A ^a   Paneto, G G ^d   Alves, C ^c   Alonso, A ^e   Fridman, C ^f   Cardoso, S ^g   Lima, G ^h   Anjos, M J ^h   Whittle, M R ⁱ   Montesino, M ^a   Cicarelli, R M B ^d   Rocha, A M ^c   Albarran C ^e   De Pancorbo, M M ^g   Pinheiro, M F ^h   Carvalho, M ^h   Sumita, D R ⁱ   Parson, W ^b   more..

^a University Institute of Research Police Sciences (IUICP)   (Spain)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

ⁱ Genomic Engenharia Molecular   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EMPOP; Forensic science; GHEP ISFG; Mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; Population analyses

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 79952697348     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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