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Y-chromosome short tandem repeats analysis to complement paternal lineage study: a single institutional experience in Taiwan.
Transfusion - 1 May 2007
Liu Hsueng-Mei, Chen Pei-Shan, Chen Ying-Ju, Lyou Jau-Yi, Hu Hui-Yu, Lin Jeong-Shi, Tzeng Cheng-Hwai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Highly polymorphic autosomal short-tandem-repeat (STR) analysis can be useful in most kinship testing. Y-chromosome-specific STRs, in contrast, have been increasingly applied for the verification of equivocal paternal genetic transmissions. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 338 unrelated males were first typed for the 9-loci Y-STR European minimal haplotype (minHt). Samples with haplotypes that...
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