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D1S80 single-locus discrimination among African populations.
Human biology - 1 Feb 2004
Herrera Rene J, Adrien Leslie R, Ruiz Luis M, Sanabria Nahir Y, Duncan George
Abstract excerpt
The highly polymorphic D1S80 locus has no known genetic function. However, this variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) locus has been highly valuable in forensic identification. In this study we report the allele and genotype frequencies of five African populations (Benin, Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, and Rwanda), which can be used as databases to help characterize populations and identify individuals. The allele...
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