Null alleles of the X and y chromosomal amelogenin gene in a Chinese population

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-518

  Ou, Xueling ^a   Chen, Wenjing ^a   Chen, Hua ^b   Zhao, Fengcang ^c   Zheng, Jianwen ^c   Tong, Dayue ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Chen, Aiping ^a   Sun, Hongyu ^a,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIZANG MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amelogenin gene (AMEL); Chinese Han population; Deletion; Null allele; Variant

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; AMELX PROTEIN, HUMAN; AMELY PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; AMELOGENIN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864057091     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0594-1     Document Type: Article

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