The EDNAP mitochondrial DNA population database (EMPOP) collaborative exercises: Organisation, results and perspectives

Forensic Science International

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Parson, Walther ^a   Brandstätter, Anita ^a   Alonso, Antonio ^b   Brandt, Nathalie ^c   Brinkmann, Bernd ^d   Carracedo, Angel ^e   Corach, Daniel ^f   Froment, Olivier ^g   Furac, Ivana ^h   Grzybowski, Tomasz ⁱ   Hedberg, Karin ^j   Keyser Tracqui, Christine ^k   Kupiec, Tomasz ^l   Lutz Bonengel, Sabine ^m   Mevag, Bente ⁿ   Ploski, Rafal ^o   Schmitter, Hermann ^p   Schneider, Peter ^q   Syndercombe Court, Denise ^r   Sørensen, Eric ^s   Thew, Heather ^t   Tully, Gillian ^u   Scheithauer, Richard ^a   more..

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^c Institute of Criminalistics   (Belgium)

^d INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

ⁱ NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^j SKL   (Sweden)

^k INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^l INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^p Bundeskriminalamt Wiesbaden   (Germany)

^q JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^t Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory   (United States)

^u FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Collaborative exercise; Forensic; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis; Quality score sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DATA BASE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 10744221812     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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