STR sequence analysis for characterizing normal, variant, and null alleles

Butler, 2010

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Dauber, 2008, Two examples of null alleles at the D19S433 locus due to the same 4bp deletion in the presumptive primer binding site of the AmpFlSTR Identifiler kit, Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 1, 107, 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.079

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Hering, 2005, Identification of more sequence variations in the D8S1179 locus, Forensic Sci. Int., 149, 275, 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.07.011

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Glock, 2008, A DYS438 null allele observed in two generations of a large family, Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 1, 206, 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.154

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Butler, 2008, New resources for the forensic genetics community available on the NIST STRBase website, Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 1, 97, 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.035

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