Evaluation of the VISAGE Basic Tool for Appearance and Ancestry Prediction Using PowerSeq Chemistry on the MiSeq FGx System

The study of DNA to predict externally visible characteristics (EVCs) and the biogeographical ancestry (BGA) from unknown samples is gaining relevance in forensic genetics. Technical developments in Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS) enable the simultaneous analysis of hundreds of DNA markers, whic...

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Main Authors: Leire Palencia-Madrid, Catarina Xavier, María de la Puente, Carsten Hohoff, Christopher Phillips, Manfred Kayser, Walther Parson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
BGA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/6/708