Erroneous Gender Identification by the Amelogenin Sex Test

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-259

  Michael, Abebe ^a   Brauner, Paul ^a  

^a Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Forensic science; FTA; GenePrint; Polymerase chain reaction; SGM plus; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOLDIER;

EID: 1542317078     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003223     Document Type: Article

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