Forensic evaluation of mtDNA in a population from south west Switzerland

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-97

  Dimo Simonin, N ^a   Grange, F ^a   Taroni, F ^a   Brandt Casadevall, C ^a   Mangin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control region; Forensic casework; Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; Population study; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034087650     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007715     Document Type: Article

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