A brief history of the formation of DNA databases in forensic science within Europe

Forensic Science International

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-231

  Martin, Peter D ^a   Schmitter, Hermann ^b   Schneider, Peter M ^c  

^a BR3 3AZ   (United Kingdom)

^b T   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic fingerprint; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Single locus probing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035876941     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00436-9     Document Type: Article

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