TWGDAM validation of the AmpFISTR(TM) Blue PCR Amplification Kit for forensic casework analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 854-870

  Wallin, Jeanette M ^a   Buoncristiani, Martin R ^b   Lazaruk, Katherine D ^a   Fildes, Nicola ^a   Holt, Cydne L ^a   Walsh, P Sean ^a  

^a APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^b DNA Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

AmpFISTR Blue; D3S1358; DNA typing; FGA; Forensic science; Polymerase chain reaction; Short tandem repeat; Validation; vWA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TANDEM REPEAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031927021     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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