STR analysis of artificially degraded DNA - Results of a collaborative European exercise

Forensic Science International

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 123-134

  Schneider, Peter M ^a,am   Bender, Klaus ^a   Mayr, Wolfgang R ^b   Parson, Walther ^c   Hoste, Bernadette ^d   Decorte, Ronny ^e   Cordonnier, Jan ^f   Vanek, Daniel ^g   Morling, Niels ^h   Karjalainen, Matti ⁱ   Carlotti, C Marie Paule ^j   Sabatier, Myriam ^k   Hohoff, Carsten ^l   Schmitter, Hermann ^m   Pflug, Werner ⁿ   Wenzel, Rainer ^o   Patzelt, Dieter ^p   Lessig, Rüdiger ^q   Dobrowolski, Peter ^r   O'Donnell, Geraldine ^s   Garafano, Luciano ^t   Dobosz, Marina ^u   De Knijff, Peter ^v   Mevag, Bente ^w   Pawlowski, Ryszard ^x   Gusmão, Leonor ^y   Vide, Maria Conceicao ^z   Alonso, Antonio Alonso ^aa   Fernández, Oscar García ^ab   Nicolás, Pilar Sanz ^ac   Kihlgreen, Ann ^ad   Bär, Walter ^ae   Meier, Verena ^af   Teyssier, Anne ^ag   Coquoz, Raphael ^ah   Brandt, Conxita ^ag   Germann, Ursula ^ai   Gill, Peter ^aj   Hallett, Justine ^ak   Greenhalgh, Matthew ^al   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Institut National de Criminalistique et de Criminologie   (Belgium)

^e Laboratory of Forensic Genetics and Molecular Archaeology   (Belgium)

^f Chemiphar NV   (Belgium)

^g Institute of Criminalistics   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^j Inst Rech Criminelle G   (France)

^k Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^m Bundeskriminalamt   (Germany)

ⁿ Stuttgart Centre for Solar Energy   (Germany)

^o Fachhochschule Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^r Dez DNA Analytik   (Germany)

^s Forensic Science Laboratory Dulin Ireland   (Ireland)

^t Reparto Carabinieri I   (Italy)

^u CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^v LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^x MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^z UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^aa Seccion de Biologia   (Spain)

^ab Area de Laboratorio Ertzaina   (Spain)

^ac Instituto National de Toxicologia   (Spain)

^ad Natl Laboratory of Forensic Science   (Sweden)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^af UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^ag UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^ah Laboratoire AMS   (Switzerland)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^aj FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^ak LGC   (United Kingdom)

^al Orchid Bioscience Europe   (United Kingdom)

^am Institute of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Alleles; PCR degradation; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 10744227451     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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