Mutation rates for 20 STR loci in a population from São Paulo state, Southeast, Brazil

• Main Authors: Juliana Martinez (Author), Danilo Faustino Braganholi (Author), Isabela Brunelli Ambrósio (Author), Fernanda Silva Polverari (Author), Regina Maria Barretto Cicarelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Short tandem repeats (STRs) are genetic markers largely employed in forensic analysis and paternity investigation cases. When an inconsistency between the parent and child is considered as a possible mutation, the mutation rate should be incorporated into paternity index calculations to give a robus...