Evaluating sequence-derived mtDNA length heteroplasmy by amplicon size analysis

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-145

  Berger, C ^a   Hatzer Grubwieser, P ^a   Hohoff, C ^b   Parson, W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Institut für Forensische Genetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fragment size analysis; Length heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixture

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952707170     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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