Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 150-153 , March 2008

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in Guangdong Han Chinese

  • Feng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Shenzhen People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Sha-Yan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Shenzhen People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCo-corresponding author. Tel.: +86 755 25633958; fax: +86 755 25633958.
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  • Ruan-Zhang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Shenzhen People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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  • Yu-Hua Hu

      Affiliations

    • Shenzhen People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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  • Guo-Feng Gao

      Affiliations

    • Shenzhen People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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  • Yan-Hui Liu

      Affiliations

    • Sun Yat-sen University Tungwah Dongguan Tungwah Hospital, Dongguan 523110, China
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  • Qing-Peng Kong

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resource and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 871 5199030; fax: +86 871 5195430.

Received 7 August 2007 ,Revised 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 13 October 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00318-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.10.122

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 150-153 , March 2008

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