Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 61-68 , January 2008

Identification of West Eurasian mitochondrial haplogroups by mtDNA SNP screening: Results of the 2006–2007 EDNAP collaborative exercise

  • Walther Parson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 512 9003 70640; fax: +43 512 9003 73640.
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  • Liane Fendt

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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  • David Ballard

      Affiliations

    • Haematology, ICMS, Barts and The London, London E1 2AT, United Kingdom
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  • Claus Børsting

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Bernd Brinkmann

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
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  • Ángel Carracedo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • Mónica Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetics Service, Coimbra Department, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Portugal
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  • Michael D. Coble

      Affiliations

    • Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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  • Francisco Corte Real

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetics Service, Coimbra Department, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Portugal
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  • Stijn Desmyter

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Criminalistics, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Berit M. Dupuy

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Oslo, Norway
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  • Cheryl Harrison

      Affiliations

    • Haematology, ICMS, Barts and The London, London E1 2AT, United Kingdom
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  • Carsten Hohoff

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
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  • Rebecca Just

      Affiliations

    • Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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  • Tanja Krämer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany
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  • Niels Morling

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Antonio Salas

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • Hermann Schmitter

      Affiliations

    • Bundeskriminalamt, Kriminaltechnisches Institut, Wiesbaden, Germany
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  • Peter M. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany
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  • Marie-Luise Sonntag

      Affiliations

    • Bundeskriminalamt, Kriminaltechnisches Institut, Wiesbaden, Germany
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  • Peter M. Vallone

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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  • Anita Brandstätter

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

Received 29 July 2007 ,Accepted 13 August 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00118-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.08.007

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 61-68 , January 2008

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