Characterising stutter in forensic STR multiplexes

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

  Brookes, Clare ^a   Bright, Jo Anne ^b   Harbison, Sallyann ^b   Buckleton, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forensic DNA; STR; Stutter; Synthetic oligonucleotides

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUTTER; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 82655189958     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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