Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 52-56 , January 2010

Assessment of phylogenetic structure of Berber-speaking population of Azrou using 15 STRs of Identifiler kit

  • Hicham El Ossmani

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anthropogenetics and Physiopathology, Department of Biology, University of Chouaïb Doukkali, Faculty of Sciences, El Jadida, Morocco
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  • Brahim Bouchrif

      Affiliations

    • Immunology and Biochemistry Laboratory (Forensic Genetic Unit), Mohammed V Agdal University, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
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  • Rachid Aboukhalid

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Pasteur, Luis Pasteur Place 1, Casablanca, Morocco
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  • Mehdi Bouabdillah

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Pasteur, Luis Pasteur Place 1, Casablanca, Morocco
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  • Bouchaïb Gazzaz

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Casablanca, Morocco
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  • Driss Zaoui

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anthropogenetics and Physiopathology, Department of Biology, University of Chouaïb Doukkali, Faculty of Sciences, El Jadida, Morocco
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  • Abdelaziz Chafik

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anthropogenetics and Physiopathology, Department of Biology, University of Chouaïb Doukkali, Faculty of Sciences, El Jadida, Morocco
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  • Jalal Talbi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anthropogenetics and Physiopathology, Department of Biology, University of Chouaïb Doukkali, Faculty of Sciences, El Jadida, Morocco

Received 29 April 2009 ,Revised 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 16 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.10.004

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