Extraction of DNA from decomposed human tissue: An evaluation of five extraction methods for short tandem repeat typing

Forensic Science International

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-183

  Hoff Olsen, Per ^a   Mevåg, Bente ^a   Staalstrøm, Eva ^a   Hovde, Bente ^a   Egeland, Thore ^a,b   Olaisen, Bjørnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decomposed tissue; DNA extraction methods; STR analyses

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA MINISATELLITE; METHANOL; PHENOL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0032737671     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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