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Evaluating 130 microhaplotypes across a global set of 83 populations.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Jul 2017
Kidd Kenneth K, Speed William C, Pakstis Andrew J, Podini Daniele S, Lagacé Robert, Chang Joseph, Wootton Sharon, Haigh Eva, Soundararajan Usha
Abstract excerpt
Today the primary DNA markers used in forensics are short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms (STRPs), initially selected because they are highly polymorphic. However, the increasingly common need to deal with samples with a mixture of DNA from two or more individuals sometimes is complicated by the inherent stutter involved with PCR amplification, especially in strongly unbalanced mixtures when the minor component...
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