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Allele frequencies of ten short tandem repeats loci in the central Tunisian human population

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital Ibn El Jazzar, Avenue Ibn El Jazzar, Kairouan, 3140, Tunisia

    Yousra Souiden, Kamel Chaieb, Olfa Chehab & Kacem Mahdouani

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Souiden, Y., Chaieb, K., Chehab, O. et al. Allele frequencies of ten short tandem repeats loci in the central Tunisian human population. J Genet 88, 119–122 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-009-0018-x

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