Isolation, amplification, and sequencing of human mitochondrial DNA obtained from human crab louse, Pthirus pubis (L.), Blood meals

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1097-1100

  Lord, Wayne D ^a   DiZinno, Joseph A ^b   Wilson, Mark R ^b   Budowle, Bruce ^a   Taplin, David ^c   Meinking, Terri L ^c  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood meal analysis; DNA typing; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Insect; Louse; Mitochondrial DNA; Pthirus Pubis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUSE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031678640     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14367j     Document Type: Article

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