Browsing Department of Biotechnology by Subject "Synthesis"

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  • The evaluation of Y-STR loci for use in forensics 

    Ehrenreich, Liezle Suzette (University of the Western Cape, 2005)
    The aim of this study was to investigate the forensic usefulness of various Y-chromosome short tandem repeat loci among South African sub-populations. Three different sets of Y-chromosome short tandem repeat loci were ...

  • Identification and characterisation of novel cellulolytic genes using metagenomics 

    Hu, Xiao Ping (University of the Western Cape, 2010)
    Metagenomics has been successfully used to discover novel enzymes from uncultured microorganisms in the environment. In this study, metagenomic DNA from a Malawian hot spring soil sample was used to construct a fosmid ...