DNA-based eye colour prediction across Europe with the IrisPlex system

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-340

  Walsh, Susan ^a   Wollstein, Andreas ^a   Liu, Fan ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^b   Rahu, Mati ^c   Seland, Johan H ^d   Soubrane, Gisele ^e   Tomazzoli, Laura ^f   Topouzis, Fotis ^g   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Vioque, Jesus ^h   Fletcher, Astrid E ⁱ   Ballantyne, Kaye N ^a,j   Kayser, Manfred ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j Victoria Police   (Australia)

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Author keywords

EUREYE; EVC; Externally visible characteristics; Eye colour prediction; FDP; Forensic DNA phenotyping; Forensic genetics; IrisPlex; SNP

Indexed keywords

DNA; HER2C PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; SLC24A5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; EYE COLOR; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; DNA; EUROPE; EYE COLOR; GENOTYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84858446560     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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