Validation of cytochrome b sequence analysis as a method of species identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Branicki, Wojciech ^a   Kupiec, Tomasz ^a   Pawlowski, Ryszard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

BLAST; Cytochrome b; Forensic science; GenBank; Species identification; TWGDAM validation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0037227776     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002128     Document Type: Article

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