Science & Justice
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 24-31 , March 2009

Characterisation of forward stutter in the AmpFlSTR® SGM Plus® PCR

Received 5 February 2008 ,Revised 3 May 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.05.002

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