Role of short tandem repeat DNA in forensic casework in the UK - Past, present, and future perspectives

BioTechniques

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 366-385

  Gill, Peter ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA SEQUENCES; MIXTURES;

SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA;

CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DATA BASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; MASKING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIC MUTATION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRISOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036158606     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/02322rv01     Document Type: Review

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