DNA typing from human faeces

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Hopwood, Andrew J ^a   Mannucci, Armando ^b   Sullivan, Kevin M ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extraction; Faeces; Forensic DNA typing; Mitochondrial DNA; Solid phase sequencing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029962189     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01369817     Document Type: Article

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