Microsatellite stability in human post-mortem tissues

Forensic Science International

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-278

  Hoff Olsen, Per ^a   Jacobsen, Solveig ^a   Mevåg, Bente ^a   Olaisen, Bjørnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decomposed tissues; Human identification; STR stability

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE SLICE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0035879946     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00443-6     Document Type: Article

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