The impact of mtDNA analysis between positions nt8306 and nt9021 for forensic casework

Mitochondrion

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Poetsch, Micaela ^a   Wittig, Holger ^b   Krause, Dieter ^b   Lignitz, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Forensic identification; Mitochondrial DNA; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GERMANY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242319106     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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