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Individual Diagnostics by DNA Fingerprinting

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DNA — Technology and Its Forensic Application

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The DNA sequences of genomes of most higher organisms show variable numbers of tandem repeats, such named minisatellites. Such highly polymorphic DNA regions show restriction fragment polymorphisms due to allelic variation in a number of repeated units. These repetitive DNA regions represent highly informative genetic markers.

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  1. Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, O-1040, Berlin, Germany

    G. Geserick

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  1. Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Köln, Melatengürtel 60, W-5000, Köln 30, Germany

    G. Berghaus  & M. Staak  & 

  2. Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, von Esmarch-Straße 86, W-4400, Münster, Germany

    B. Brinkmann

  3. Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Am Pulverturm 3, W-6500, Mainz, Germany

    C. Rittner

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Rose, M., Roewer, L., Prokop, O., Geserick, G. (1991). Individual Diagnostics by DNA Fingerprinting. In: Berghaus, G., Brinkmann, B., Rittner, C., Staak, M. (eds) DNA — Technology and Its Forensic Application. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76632-9_21

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