Assessing paternities with inconclusive STR results: The suitability of bi-allelic markers

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-21

  Pinto, Nádia ^a   Magalhães, Marta ^a   Conde Sousa, Eduardo ^a   Gomes, Cláudia ^a   Pereira, Rui ^a   Alves, Cíntia ^a   Gusmão, Leonor ^a   Amorim, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inconcluisve LR; Indel; Paternity; Paternity testing; SNP; STR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY;

EID: 84869501759     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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