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Variation of short tandem repeats within and between populations.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jul 1993
Wall W J, Williamson R, Petrou M, Papaioannou D, Parkin B H
Abstract excerpt
Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) the frequency distributions of three short tandem repeats (STR) were investigated in five populations: North European, Cypriot, Pakistani, Gujarati and Vietnamese. Each STR is situated within an intron; the markers are in the genes for human coagulation factor XIII (4bp repeat), lipoprotein lipase (4bp repeat) and CD4 (5bp repeat). Population data were generated for each...
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