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Preparation and Use of Alkaline-Phosphatase-Conjugated Oligonucleotide Probes for Single-Locus and Multilocus VNTR Analysis

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Nonisotopic probes have been widely adopted for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling because of their ease and speed of use and obvious safety and environmental advantages (1).

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Childs, W.P., Webb, M.B.T., Rysiecki, G. (1998). Preparation and Use of Alkaline-Phosphatase-Conjugated Oligonucleotide Probes for Single-Locus and Multilocus VNTR Analysis. In: Lincoln, P.J., Thomson, J. (eds) Forensic DNA Profiling Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 98. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-443-7:57

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