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Use of X-linked short tandem repeats loci to confirm mutations in parentage caseworks.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Oct 2009
Chen Ding-Ping, Tseng Ching-Ping, Tsai Shu-Hui, Wang Mei-Chia, Lu Shu-Chuan, Wu Tsu-Lan, Chang Pi-Yueh, Sun Chien-Feng
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BACKGROUND: Analysis of short tandem repeats (STRs) has become wide-spread in routine for parentage test. However, the accuracy of STR is sometimes interfered by the presence of microsatellite mutations. Analysis of other DNA markers such as the HV1 and HV2 hypervariable regions of mitochondrial...
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