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Current status of the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in forensic practices.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Jul 2014
Canturk Kemal Murat, Emre Ramazan, Kınoglu Kubilay, Başpınar Bünyamin, Sahin Feyzi, Ozen Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Forensic geneticists often use short tandem repeats (STRs) to solve cases. However, STRs can be insufficient when DNA samples are degraded due to environmental exposure and mass disasters, alleged and real relatives are genetically related in paternity or kinship analyses, or a suspect is lacking. In such cases, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can provide valuable information and thus should be seriously...
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