Mutation Rate at Commonly Used Forensic STR Loci: Paternity Testing Experience
Paternity tests are carried out by the analysis of hypervariable short tandem repeat DNA loci. These microsatellite sequences mutate at a higher rate than that of bulk DNA. The occurrence of germline mutations at STR loci posses problems in interpretation of resulting genetic profiles. We recently a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Disease Markers |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/643086 |