The use of different multiplex PCRs for twin zygosity determination and its application in forensic trace analysis

Legal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Von Wurmb Schwark, Nicole ^a   Schwark, Thorsten ^a   Christiansen, Lene ^b   Lorenz, Delia ^a   Oehmichen, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dizygosity; Forensic; Genetic fingerprinting; Monozygosity; Multiplex PCR kits; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SIMULATION; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ALLELES; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1642376386     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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