Forensic Science International
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 116-121 , 15 May 2001

Mutations at Y-STR loci: implications for paternity testing and forensic analysis

  • Manfred Kayser

      Affiliations

    • Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-341-9952506; fax: +49-341-9952555
    • ,
  • Antti Sajantila

      Affiliations

    • Tel.: +358-9-19127472; fax: +358-9-19127518.
    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Laboratory for Forensic Biology, P.O. Box 40, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland

Received 14 August 2000 ,Accepted 1 November 2000.

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Forensic Science International
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 116-121 , 15 May 2001

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