Using multiplex PCR amplification and typing kits for the analysis of DNA evidence in a serial killer case

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Hochmeister, Manfred N ^a,d   Budowle, Bruce ^b   Eisenberg, Arthur ^c   Borer, Urs V ^a   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d Institute of Legal Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

amelogenin; criminalistics; CSF1PO; D7S8; deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); forensic science; GC; genetic typing; GYPA; hair; HBGG; HLA DQA1; human identification; LDLR; polymerase chain reaction (PCR); reverse paternity; sexing; short tandem repeat (STR) loci; TH01; TPOX

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; TANDEM REPEAT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030071282     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13916j     Document Type: Article

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