Evaluation of five polymorphic microsatellite markers for typing DNA from decomposed human tissues - Correlation between the size of the alleles and that of the template DNA

Forensic Science International

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Kato, Yukie ^a   Mukoyama, Harutaka ^b   Kanaya, Hideaki ^a   Kamiyama, Shigetaro ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allele sizes; Decomposed DNA; Microsatellite loci; Postmortem human tissues; Required size amount

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CADAVER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0031449040     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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