Enlarging the gene-geography of Europe and the Mediterranean area to STR loci of common forensic use: longitudinal and latitudinal frequency gradients

• Main Authors: Francesco Messina (Author), Andrea Finocchio (Author), Nejat Akar (Author), Aphrodite Loutradis (Author), Emmanuel I. Michalodimitrakis (Author), Radim Brdicka (Author), Carla Jodice (Author), Andrea Novelletto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Tetranucleotide Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) for human identification and common use in forensic cases have recently been used to address the population genetics of the North-Eastern Mediterranean area. However, to gain confidence in the inferences made using STRs, this kind of analysis s...