Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 320-323 , November 2010

Genetic variation of 15 autosomal microsatellite loci in a Tamil population from Tamil Nadu, Southern India

  • Kuppareddi Balamurugan

      Affiliations

    • School of Criminal Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, # 5127, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
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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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  • M. Vijaya

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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  • Bruce Budowle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft Worth, TX 76107, USA
    • Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft Worth, TX 76107, USA

Received 23 February 2010 ,Revised 18 May 2010 ,Accepted 27 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.07.004

Legal Medicine
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