Improving empirical evidence on differentiating closely related men with RM Y-STRs: A comprehensive pedigree study from Pakistan

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-51

  Adnan, Atif ^a,b   Ralf, Arwin ^b   Rakha, Allah ^a,c   Kousouri, Nefeli ^b   Kayser, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Forensic genetics; Male lineage differentiation; Male relative differentiation; Mutation rate; RM Y STRs; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATHER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATION RATE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SON; Y CHROMOSOME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKER; HAPLOTYPE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTATION;

GENETIC MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTATION; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84982678265     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.07.005     Document Type: Article

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