The 2000-2001 GEP-ISFG Collaborative Exercise on mtDNA: Assessing the cause of unsuccessful mtDNA PCR amplification of hair shaft samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-53

  Prieto, Lourdes ^a   Montesino, Marta ^a   Salas, Antonio ^b   Alonso, Antonio ^c   Albarrán, Cristina ^c   Álvarez, Sara ^d   Crespillo, Manuel ^e   Di Lonardo, Ana Ma ^f   Doutremepuich, Christian ^g   Fernández Fernández, Isabel ^h   De La Vega, Alberto González ⁱ   Gusmão, Leonor ^j   López, Carlos M ^k   López Soto, Manolo ^l   Lorente, José A ^m   Malaghini, Marcelo ⁿ   Martínez, Carlos A ^o   Modesti, Nidia M ^p   Palacio, Ana Ma ^q   Paredes, Manuel ^r   Pena, Sergio D J ^s   Pérez Lezaun, Anna ^t   Pestano, José J ^u   Puente, Jorge ^v   Sala, Andrea ^w   Vide, MaConceiçao ^x   Whittle, Martín R ^y   Yunis, Juan J ^z   Gómez, Josefina ^c   more..

^a Instituto de Toxicología   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Toxicologia   (Spain)

^d SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^e Instituto de Toxicologia   (Spain)

^f Hospital CG Durand   (Argentina)

^g Laboratoire D'Hématologie   (France)

^h Datagene   (Spain)

ⁱ SL   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^k Laboratorio de ADN   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

ⁿ Laboratório de Genética Molecular Forense Instituto de Criminalística   (Brazil)

^o Lab de Analisis Clinicas Frishmann   (Brazil)

^p Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Cordoba   (Argentina)

^q Ctro Analisis Geneticos Citogen   (Spain)

^r Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses Colombia   (Colombia)

^s Belo Horizonte ^*  (Brazil)

^t UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^u Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

^v Depto de Biol Molec Pharma Gen SA   (Spain)

^w UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^x INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^y Genomic Engenharia Molecular Ltda   (Brazil)

^z Serv Medico Yunis Turbay y Cia ^*  (Colombia)

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Author keywords

12S; 16S; Animal identification; Collaborative Exercise; Cytochrome b; Hair shafts; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CAT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAIR; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

EID: 0037677192     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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