The role of DNA technology in identification of skeletal remains discovered in mass graves

Forensic Science International

Volumn 146, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Primorac, Dragan ^a  

^a Ministry of Science   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETON;

EID: 11844250598     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.049     Document Type: Article

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