Forensics and Mitochondrial DNA: Applications, Debates, and Foundations

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 119-141

  Budowle, Bruce ^a   Allard, Marc W ^b   Wilson, Mark R ^c   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^d  

^a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteroplasmy; Nomenclature; Paternal inheritance; Population data; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

COURT; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENOME; HETEROPLASMY; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0242693327     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.4.070802.110352     Document Type: Review

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