Improved specificity of Y-STR typing in DNA mixture samples

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Parson, Walther ^a   Niederstätter, Harald ^a   Brandstätter, Anita ^a   Berger, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forensic; Mixtures; PCR artefacts; PCR enhancer; Y chromosomal STRs

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA DETERMINATION; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL CRIME; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TANDEM REPEAT; TECHNIQUE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0038515180     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0327-6     Document Type: Article

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