The recombination landscape around forensic STRs: Accurate measurement of genetic distances between syntenic STR pairs using HapMap high density SNP data

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-365

  Phillips, C ^a   Ballard, D ^b   Gill, P ^c   Court, D Syndercombe ^b   Carracedo, A ^a   Lareu, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetic distance; Genetic maps; Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Recombination; STRs; X STRs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPMAP PROJECT; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84858451434     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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