A comparison of mini-STRs versus standard STRs - Results of a collaborative European (EDNAP) exercise

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-258

  Welch, Lindsey ^a   Gill, Peter ^a,b   Tucker, Valerie C ^c   Schneider, Peter M ^d   Parson, Walther ^e   Mogensen, Helle Smidt ^f   Morling, Niels ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degraded DNA; Mini STRs; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79953907342     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.01.004     Document Type: Letter

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