Y chromosome STR allelic and haplotype diversity in a Rwanda population from East Central Africa

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-109

  Balamurugan, Kuppareddi ^a   Duncan, George ^b  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Broward County Sheriff's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

African population; Gene diversity; Genetic distance; Rwanda population; Y STR; Y STR haplotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RWANDA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RWANDA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84856810153     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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