Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 88-92 , June 2007

EMPOP—A forensic mtDNA database

  • Walther Parson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University Müllerstreet 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 512 9003 70640; fax: +43 512 9003 73640.
    • ,
  • Arne Dür

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Mathematics, University of Innsbruck Technikerstreet 45, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received 19 January 2007 ,Accepted 27 January 2007.

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  19. H.-J. Bandelt, W. Parson, Consistent treatment of length variants in the human mtDNA control region: a reappraisal. Int. J. Legal Med., in press.

PII: S1872-4973(07)00055-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.01.018

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 88-92 , June 2007

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