An extremely sensitive species-specific ARMs PCR test for the presence of tiger bone DNA

Forensic Science International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-145

  Wetton, Jon H ^a   Tsang, Carol S F ^a   Roney, Chris A ^a   Spriggs, Adrian C ^a  

^a Forensic Science Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CITES; Cytochrome b; LightCycler; Numt; Real time PCR; Species identification; Traditional Chinese medicines

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE; CATTLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWINE; TIGER;

EID: 0842348080     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.018     Document Type: Erratum

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