Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages e29-e30 , March 2009

Allele frequencies of fifteen STRs in a representative sample of the Italian population

  • F. Brisighelli

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Genomics Medicine Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Legal Medicine, Genomics Medicine Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Rúa San Francisco, s/n, 15782; Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, España. Tel.: +34 981582327; fax: +34 981580336.
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  • C. Capelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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  • I. Boschi

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • P. Garagnani

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Biologia evoluzionistica sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • M.V. Lareu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Genomics Medicine Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • V.L. Pascali

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • A. Carracedo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Genomics Medicine Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Received 12 February 2008 ,Revised 6 May 2008 ,Accepted 7 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.05.002

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages e29-e30 , March 2009

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