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D9S1120, a simple STR with a common Native American-specific allele: forensic optimization, locus characterization and allele frequency studies.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Phillips C, Rodriguez A, Mosquera-Miguel A, Fondevila M, Porras-Hurtado L, Rondon F, Salas A, Carracedo A, Lareu M V
Abstract excerpt
The simple tetrameric STR D9S1120 exhibits a common population-specific allele of 9 repeats (9RA) reported to have an average frequency of 0.36 in Native Americans from both North and South of the continent. Apart from the presence of 9RA in two northeast Siberian populations, D9S1120 shows varia...
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