Estimation of allele frequencies for VNTR loci.

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Estimation of allele frequencies for VNTR loci.

American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 1991

Devlin B, Risch N, Roeder K

Abstract excerpt

VNTR loci provide valuable information for a number of fields of study involving human genetics, ranging from forensics (DNA fingerprinting and paternity testing) to linkage analysis and population genetics. Alleles of a VNTR locus are simply fragments obtained from a particular portion of the DN...

Topics

Alleles
Bayes Theorem
Chromosome Mapping
DNA
Gene Frequency
Humans
Models, Genetic
Polymorphism, Genetic
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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