Application of DNA fingerprinting in medicolegal practice

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 688-694

  Raina, Anupuma ^a   Dogra, T D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); Fingerprinting; Forensic purposes; Marker; Polymerase chain reaction; Short tandem repeats; Variable number of tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; INDIA; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TANDEM REPEAT;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0038826131     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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