Comparing six commercial autosomal STR kits in a large Dutch population sample

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-63

  Westen, Antoinette A ^a   Kraaijenbrink, Thirsa ^b   Robles De Medina, Elizaveta A ^a,b   Harteveld, Joyce ^a   Willemse, Patricia ^b   Zuniga, Sofia B ^b   Van Der Gaag, Kristiaan J ^b   Weiler, Natalie E C ^a   Warnaar, Jeroen ^a   Kayser, Manfred ^c   Sijen, Titia ^a   De Knijff, Peter ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Next generation) sequencing; Allele frequencies; Concordancy testing; Forensic science; Null alleles; Short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BINDING SITE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

(NEXT GENERATION) SEQUENCING; ALLELE FREQUENCIES; CONCORDANCY TESTING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; NULL ALLELES; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT (STR);

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84896906858     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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