Trace DNA: A review, discussion of theory, and application of the transfer of trace quantities of DNA through skin contact

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 442-450

  Wickenheiser, Ray A ^a  

^a Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Contact DNA; DNA typing; Fingerprints; Forensic science; LCN DNA; Polymerase chain reaction; Short tandem repeat; Skin; Slougher; Trace DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CLOTHING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; TANDEM REPEAT;

CRIMINOLOGY; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036110385     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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3. Biochemical markers of individuality
4. Survey of human and rat microsatellites
5. Primer-directed enzymatic amplification of DNA with a thermostable DNA polymerase
6. The use of fluorescence detection and internal lane standards to size PCR products automatically
7. Automated DNA profiling employing multiplex amplification of short tandem repeat loci
8. DNA typing from single hairs
9. PCR-based typing of DNA extracted from cigarette butts
10. Ancient bone DNA amplified
11. Identification of bodies from the scene of a mass disaster using DNA amplification of short tandem repeat (STR) loci
12. Case of identification of severely burned human remains via paternity testing with PCR DNA typing
13. Identification of decomposed human remains by deoxyribunucleic acid (DNA) profiling
14. Application of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) polyorphisms to the analysis of DNA recovered from sperm
15. PCR-based forensic testing of DNA from stained cytological smears
16. Characterization of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) obtained from teeth subjected to various environmental conditions
17. DNA typing of human dandruff
18. Forensic identification of urine samples
19. Analysis of salivary DNA evidence from a bite mark on a body submerged in water
20. Usefulness of a toothbrush as a source of evidential DNA for typing
21. DNA fingerprints from fingerprints
22. DNA typing of epithelial cells after strangulation
23. Suspect DNA profiles obtained from the handles of weapons recovered at crime scenes
24. Case of comparison of DNA recovered from a contact lens using PCR DNA typing
25. The analysis of dust traces - Part I
26. A test paper for detecting saliva stains
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28. DNA PCR profiling of skin cells transferred through handling
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30. A study on the inter-relationship between fingerprint developing techniques and bloodstain identification and typing methods
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32. The effect of the presumptive test, latent fingerprint and some other reagents and materials on subsequent serological identification, genetic marker and DNA testing in bloodstains
33. Effects of luminol on the subsequent analysis of bloodstains
34. Effects of presumptive test reagents on the ability to obtain restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns from human blood and semen stains
35. Effects of argon laser light, alternate source light, and cyanoacrylate fuming on DNA typing of human bloodstains
36. DNA typing of fingerprint reagent treated biological stains
37. The effects of fingermark enhancement light sources on subsequent PCR-STR DNA analysis of fresh bloodstains
38. Fingerprint enhancement revisited and the effects of blood enhancement chemicals on subsequent Profiler Plus™ fluorescent short tandem repeat DNA analysis of fresh and aged bloody fingerprints
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40. The effect of laundering on the detection of acid phosphatase and permatazoa on cotton T-shirts
41. Two success stories, using PCR technology to obtain DNA evidence from unlikely sources
42. Future improvements in the utility of DNA profiling as an intelligence tool