No excess of homozygosity at loci used for DNA fingerprinting.

doi:10.1126/science.2205919

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No excess of homozygosity at loci used for DNA fingerprinting.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 21 Sept 1990

Devlin B, Risch N, Roeder K

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Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) loci are extremely valuable for the forensic technique known as DNA fingerprinting because of their hypervariability. Nevertheless, the use of these loci in forensics has been controversial. One criticism of DNA fingerprinting is that the VNTR loci used for...

Topics

DNA
Genetic Techniques
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Models, Genetic
Paternity
Phenotype
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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