title: Using online databases for developing SNP markers of forensic interest.
abstract: In this chapter we review and compare the online single nucleotide polymorphism databases that are now available as research tools. We give an outline of the search strategies that can be used to ensure the most appropriate loci for forensic applications are chosen.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide