Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 122-129 , February 2010

Forensic analysis of autosomal STR markers using Pyrosequencing

  • Anna-Maria Divne

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    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hanna Edlund

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    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Marie Allen

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 184714801; fax: +46 184714808.

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.07.004

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 122-129 , February 2010

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