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STR data for the 15 AmpFlSTR identifiler loci in the Western Romanian population
Catalin Marian1, Andrei Anghel, Simona Maria Bel
1Biochemistry Department, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041 Timisoara, Romania. cmarian@umft.ro
Forensic Science International
|June 30, 2006
Abstract:
Allele frequencies for the 15 tetranucleotide short tandem repeat loci contained in the AmpFlSTR Identifiler kit were obtained from a population sample of 219 unrelated individuals born in the western part of Romania.
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