Usefulness of a toothbrush as a source of evidential DNA for typing

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 674-676

  Tanaka, Miwa ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a   Nozawa, Hideki ^b   Ohtaki, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Yoshiki ^c   Sato, Keizo ^c   Yamamoto, Toshimichi ^a   Tamaki, Keiji ^d   Katsumata, Yoshinao ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D7S8; DNA typing; Forensic science; GC; GYPA; HBGG; HLADQA 1; Polymerase chain reaction, LDLR; Short tandem repeats; Toothbrush

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUOROMETRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TOOTH BRUSHING;

EID: 0034069005     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14746j     Document Type: Article

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