STR sequence analysis for characterizing normal, variant, and null alleles

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-332

  Kline, Margaret C ^a   Hill, Carolyn R ^a   Decker, Amy E ^a,b   Butler, John M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele dropout; DNA sequencing; Null allele; Short tandem repeat; STR typing; Variant allele

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; NULL ALLELE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957632749     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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