Population genetics of 23 Y-STR markers in Kuwaiti population

Zainab Taqi1, Mohammad Alenizi1, Homod Alenizi1

  • 1Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait; Ministry of Interior, General Department of Criminal Evidences Identification Department, Kuwait; Forensic Sciences Department, King Fahd Security College, Saudi Arabia; Biotechnology College, University of Modern Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology, Biology and DNA Section, Dubai Police, United Arab Emirates; Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Medical Genetic Center, Kuwait; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, Kuwait; Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kuwait University, Kuwait; Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia, Duque de Caxias, Brazil; Institute of Applied Genetics, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA; Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, King Saudi Arabia.

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