Application of automation and information systems to forensic genetic specimen processing

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-250

  Leclair, Benoît ^a   Scholl, Tom ^a,b  

^a Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Bioinformatics; Casework; Forensics; High throughput; Mass fatality incident; STR analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 15544370559     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.5.2.241     Document Type: Review

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