Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 265-269 , September 2010

Y chromosome STR allelic and haplotype diversity in five ethnic Tamil populations from Tamil Nadu, India

  • Kuppareddi Balamurugan

      Affiliations

    • School of Criminal Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, P.O. Box 5127, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 601 266 6048; fax: +1 601 266 4391.
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  • G. Suhasini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics, Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai 600 113, India
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  • M. Vijaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics, Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai 600 113, India
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  • S. Kanthimathi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics, Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai 600 113, India
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  • Nicole Mullins

      Affiliations

    • School of Criminal Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, P.O. Box 5127, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
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  • Martin Tracey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Florida International University, University Park Campus, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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  • George Duncan

      Affiliations

    • DNA Laboratory, Broward County Sheriff’s Office, 201 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, USA

Received 12 February 2010 ,Revised 10 May 2010 ,Accepted 26 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.05.008

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 265-269 , September 2010

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