Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 73-79 , February 2010

A forensic method for the simultaneous analysis of biallelic markers identifying Y chromosome haplogroups inferred as having originated in Asia and the Japanese archipelago

  • Natsuko Mizuno

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Fourth Biology Section, Department of First Forensic Science, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-0882, Japan. Tel.: +81 471 35 8001; fax: +81 471 33 9159.
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  • Tetsushi Kitayama

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan
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  • Koji Fujii

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Nakahara

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan
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  • Kanako Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan
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  • Kazumasa Sekiguchi

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan
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  • Naoto Yonezawa

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Yayoi 1-33, Inage, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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  • Minoru Nakano

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Yayoi 1-33, Inage, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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  • Kentaro Kasai

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan

Received 29 September 2008 ,Revised 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 2 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.06.001

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 73-79 , February 2010

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