A simple Duplex-PCR to evaluate the DNA quality of anthropological and forensic samples prior short tandem repeat typing

Legal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 80-88

  Von Wurmb Schwark, Nicole ^a   Schwark, Thorsten ^a   Harbeck, Michaela ^a   Oehmichen, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

AmpFLSTR Identifiler kit; Ancient DNA; Forensic; Mitochondrial DNA; Powerplex ES kit; Short tandem repeat typing

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVALUATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

BONE AND BONES; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 1642325925     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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