Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages e75-e78 , April 2010

Assembly of a large Y-STR haplotype database for the Czech population and investigation of its substructure

  • Jan Zastera

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Molecular Genetics and Oncology, Genomac International, Ltd., Bavorska 856, CZ15541 Prague 5, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Lutz Roewer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Genetics, Institute for Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charite–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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  • Sascha Willuweit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Genetics, Institute for Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charite–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Patrik Sekerka

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Molecular Genetics and Oncology, Genomac International, Ltd., Bavorska 856, CZ15541 Prague 5, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Lucie Benesova

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Molecular Genetics and Oncology, Genomac International, Ltd., Bavorska 856, CZ15541 Prague 5, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Marek Minarik

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Molecular Genetics and Oncology, Genomac International, Ltd., Bavorska 856, CZ15541 Prague 5, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +420 224 458 048; fax: +420 224 458 021.

Received 2 June 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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PII: S1872-4973(09)00096-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.06.005

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages e75-e78 , April 2010

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