Forensic Science International
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 269-272 , 15 July 2001

The forensic DNA implications of genetic differentiation between endogamous communities

  • Lev A. Zhivotovsky

      Affiliations

    • N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia
    • Centre for Human Genetics, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia
    • ,
  • Suhaib Ahmed

      Affiliations

    • Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Wei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Human Genetics, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia
    • ,
  • Alan H. Bittles

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Human Genetics, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-8-9400-5623; fax: +61-8-9400-5851

Received 4 July 2000 ,Revised 14 November 2000 ,Accepted 14 November 2000.

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Forensic Science International
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