E-mail:  rakha@mail.kiz.ac.cn&DNAexpert@me.com

Education:
2015.4 - 2016.3: CAS Postdoc Fellow at Yao Lab, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China.  
2011.7 - 2015.3: Assistant Professor of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Pakistan. 
2010.3 - 2011.6: Forensic DNA Expert at National Forensic Science Agency, National Police Bureau, Islamabad, Pakistan. 
2009.4 - 2010.3: PostDoc Fellow at Yonsei DNA Profiling Group, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 
2005.9 - 2008.6: Ph.D. from School of Medicine, Xi,an Jiaotong University, Xi,an, China. 

Publication:
1. Siddiqi, M. H., Akhtar, T., Rakha, A., Abbas, G., Ali, A., Haider, N., et al. 2014. 
    Genetic characterization of the Makrani people of Pakistan from mitochondrial DNA control-region data. 
    Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan). doi:10.1016/   j.legalmed.2014.09.007

2. Hayat, S., Akhtar, T., Siddiqi, M. H., Rakha, A., Haider, N., Tayyab, M., et al. 2014. 
    Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences study in Saraiki population from Pakistan. 
    Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan). doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.10.010

3. Israr, M., Rafiq, S., Ali-Shahid, A., Hussain, H., Rakha, A., 2014.
    Scope of X-Chromosomal MiniSTRs: Current Developments. 
    J Forensic Res 5:241. doi: 10.4172/2157-7145.1000241

4. Lee, E. Y., Shin, K.-J., Rakha, A., Sim, J. E., Park, M. J., Kim, N. Y., et al. 2014. 
    Analysis of 22 Y chromosomal STR haplotypes and Y haplogroup distribution in Pathans of Pakistan. 
    Forensic Science International. Genetics, 11, 111-116. doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.03.004

5. Rakha, A., Shin, K.-J., Yoon, J. A., Kim, N. Y., Siddique, M. H., Yang, I. S., et al. 2011. 
    Forensic and genetic characterization of mtDNA from Pathans of Pakistan. 
    International Journal of Legal Medicine, 125(6), 841-848. doi:10.1007/s00414-010-0540-7

6. Zeng, X., Rakha, A., & Li, S. 2009. 
    Genetic polymorphisms of 10 X-chromosome STR loci in Chinese Daur ethnic minority group. 
    Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 11(3), 152-154. doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.001

7. Rakha, A., Yu, B., Hadi, S., & Sheng-Bin, L. 2009. 
    Population genetic data on 15 autosomal STRs in a Pakistani population sample. 
    Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 11(6), 305-307. doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.08.001

8. Rakha, A., Yu, B., Hadi, S., & Li, S. 2008. 
    Genetic analysis of Kashmiri Muslim population living in Pakistan. 
    Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 10(4), 216-219. doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.12.005

9. Rakha, A., Yang, L., & Li, S.-B. 2007.
    SNPs and forensic DNA typing. 
    Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi, 23(5), 373-379.

10.Gao, S., Qiao, K., Rakha, A., Lai, J., & Li, S. 2007. 
    Allele frequencies for 10 X-STR loci in Nu population of Yunnan, China. 
    Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 9(5), 284-286. doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.03.002

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