Forensic identification of skeletal remains from members of Ernesto Che Guevara's guerrillas in Bolivia based on DNA typing

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-101

  Lleonart, R ^a   Riego, E ^a   Sainz De La Pena M V ^b   Bacallao, K ^c   Amaro, F ^c   Santiesteban, M ^b   Blanco, M ^d   Currenti, H ^b,d   Puentes, A ^b,d   Rolo, F ^d   Herrera, L ^a   De La Fuente, J ^a  

^a National Center for Human Genetics   (Cuba)

^b Lab Ctrl de Criminalística   (Cuba)

^c Instituto de Medicina Legal   (Cuba)

^d Laboratorio de Investigaciones de SIDA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Paternity analysis; Polymerase chain reaction; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER;

EID: 0034087651     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007716     Document Type: Article

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