Laboratory evidence of unsuspected parental consanguinity among cases of disputed paternity.

doi:10.1016/0379-0738(82)90119-0

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Laboratory evidence of unsuspected parental consanguinity among cases of disputed paternity.

Forensic science international - 1 Jan 2000

Houtz T D, Wenk R E, Brooks M A, Dawson R B

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A search was conducted to find evidence of possible incestuous unions between the biologic parents of children involved in 2500 paternity cases. Suspicion was raised when either (1) a mother and her child possessed identical HLA phenotypes, or (2) the child appeared to be possibly homozygous for...

Topics

Alleles
Blood Group Antigens
Child
Consanguinity
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
HLA Antigens
Humans
Incest
Male
Mothers
Parents
Paternity
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic

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