Identification of fragmented bones based on anthropological and DNA analyses: Case report

Legal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Imaizumi, Kazuhiko ^a   Saitoh, Kei ^a   Sekiguchi, Kazumasa ^a   Yoshino, Mineo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Mitochondrial DNA; Personal identification; Species identification

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE; CASE REPORT; CRIME; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIUS; SCAPULA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VICTIM;

EID: 0036891544     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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