Forensic study of sex determination using PCR on teeth samples

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-32

  Murakami, Hiroki ^a   Yamamoto, Yuji ^a   Yoshitome, Kei ^a   Ono, Toshiaki ^a   Okamoto, Osamu ^a   Shigeta, Yoshiaki ^a   Doi, Yusuke ^a   Miyaishi, Satoru ^a   Ishizu, Hideo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); Personal identification; Polymerase chain reaction; Sex determination; Tooth

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; TOOTH;

ADULT; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TOOTH;

EID: 0034133713     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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