African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
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Genetic variation of twenty autosomal STR loci and evaluate the importance of these loci for forensic genetic purposes

Imad Hadi
  • Imad Hadi
  • Department of Molecular Biology, Babylon University, Hilla City, Iraq.
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Mohammed Abdullah
  • Mohammed Abdullah
  • Department of Molecular Biology, Babylon University, Hilla City, Iraq.
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Aamera Jaber
  • Aamera Jaber
  • Institute of medico-legal in Baghdad, Ministry of Health of Iraq, Iraq.
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Cheah Yoke
  • Cheah Yoke
  • Department of Biomedical Science, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
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  •  Received: 14 June 2013
  •  Accepted: 26 February 2014
  •  Published: 12 March 2014

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