Comparative evaluation of alternative batteries of genetic markers to complement autosomal STRs in kinship investigations: Autosomal indels vs. X-chromosome STRs

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 917-921

  Gomes, Cláudia ^a   Magalhaes, Marta ^a   Alves, Cíntia ^a   Amorim, António ^a   Pinto, Nádia ^a   Gusmao, Leonor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deficiency cases; Indels; Kinship; Likelihood ratio; Maternity; Paternity; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84868107684     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0768-5     Document Type: Article

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