Validation of the AMPFlSTR® SGM Plus(TM) system for use in forensic casework

Forensic Science International

Volumn 112, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 151-161

  Cotton, E A ^a   Allsop, R F ^a   Guest, J L ^a   Frazier, R R E ^a   Koumi, P ^a   Callow, I P ^a   Seager, A ^a   Sparkes, R L ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Multiplex; Short tandem repeats (STRs)

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; ENAMEL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; CELL DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; TANDEM REPEAT; TIME; TOOTH FLORA; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMELOGENIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATION; PRIMATES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH GERM;

EID: 0034648121     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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