Quantification of human mitochondrial DNA in a real time PCR

Forensic Science International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-39

  Von Wurmb Schwark, N ^a   Higuchi, R ^b   Fenech, A P ^c   Elfstroem, C ^b   Meissner, C ^d   Oehmichen, M ^a   Cortopassi, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

4977bp Deletion; Forensic; mtDNA; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE DELETION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACHINE; MUTATION RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0037187696     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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