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Database of nine tetrameric STR loci--D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317 and D7S820 in Thai
B Rerkamnuaychoke1, W Chantratita, U Jomsawat
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. rabrk@mahidol.ac.th
Forensic Science International
|May 12, 2001
Abstract:
Allele distributions for the nine STR loci included in the AmpFlSTR Profiler Plus kit were evaluated in a Thai population of 300 unrelated individuals.
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