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Autosomal STR variation in five Austronesian populations.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2005
Shepard E M, Chow R A, Suafo'a Epifania, Addison David, Pérez-Miranda A M, Garcia-Bertrand R L, Herrera R J
Abstract excerpt
Human population characteristics at the genetic level are integral to both forensic biology and population genetics. This study evaluates biparental microsatellite markers in five Austronesian-speaking groups to characterize their intra- and interpopulation differences. Genetic diversity was analyzed using 15 short tandem repeat (STR) loci from 338 unrelated individuals from 5 Pacific islands populations,...
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