Genetic variation and population structure of Botswana populations as identified with AmpFLSTR Identifiler short tandem repeat (STR) loci

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tau, Tiroyamodimo ^a   Wally, Anthony ^b   Fanie, Thokozile Patricia ^b   Ngono, Goitseone Lorato ^b   Mpoloka, Sununguko Wata ^c   Davison, Sean ^a   D'Amato, María Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Botswana Police Forensic Sci Lab   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; BOTSWANA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; BOTSWANA; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 85026424005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06365-y     Document Type: Article

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