Forensic Science International
Volume 158, Issue 2 , Pages 125-130 , 10 May 2006

Forensic genetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region I/II sequences: An expanded Korean population database

  • Han Jun Jin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, San 29, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, Choong-nam 330-714, Republic of Korea
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  • Kyoung Don Kwak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, San 29, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, Choong-nam 330-714, Republic of Korea
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  • Seung Bum Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, San 29, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, Choong-nam 330-714, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Dong Jik Shin

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Molecular Genetics, Catholic Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Seoul 137-040, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Myun Soo Han

      Affiliations

    • DNA Analysis Section, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul 158-097, Republic of Korea
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  • Chris Tyler-Smith

      Affiliations

    • The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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  • Wook Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, San 29, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, Choong-nam 330-714, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 41 550 3441; fax: +82 41 550 3441.

Received 11 January 2005 ,Revised 25 March 2005 ,Accepted 28 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.026

Forensic Science International
Volume 158, Issue 2 , Pages 125-130 , 10 May 2006

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