Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages e95-e100 , July 2010

An X-chromosome pentaplex in two linkage groups: Haplotype data in Alagoas and Rio de Janeiro populations from Brazil

  • Iede H. Ferreira da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Forensic DNA Laboratory, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
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  • Adriana G. Barbosa

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Forensic DNA Laboratory, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
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  • Dalmo A. Azevedo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Forensic DNA Laboratory, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
    • ,
  • Paula Sánchez-Diz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Genomics Medicine Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, CIBER for Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • Leonor Gusmão

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
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  • Celso C. Tavares

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
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  • Elizeu F. Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luiz Antonio Ferreira da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Forensic DNA Laboratory, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratório de DNA Forense, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Rua Aristeu de Andrade, 452 – Farol, 57021-090 Maceió-AL, Brazil. Tel.: +55 82 3336 6558.

Received 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S1872-4973(09)00132-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.08.002

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages e95-e100 , July 2010

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