Assessment of the stochastic threshold, back- and forward stutter filters and low template techniques for NGM

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 708-715

  Westen, Antoinette A ^a   Grol, Laurens J W ^a   Harteveld, Joyce ^a   Matai, Anuska S ^a   De Knijff, Peter ^b   Sijen, Titia ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Low template DNA technique; Next Generation Multiplex (NGM); Short tandem repeat (STR); Stochastic threshold; Stutter ratio

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTIFACT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; FILTER DESIGN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION MULTIPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84867581471     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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