Personal identification from human remains by mitochondrial DNA sequencing

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 272-276

  Koyama, Hiroyoshi ^a   Iwasa, Mineo ^a   Ohtani, Susumu ^b   Ohira, Hiroshi ^b   Tsuchimochi, Tsukasa ^c   Maeno, Yoshitaka ^a   Isobe, Ichiro ^a   Matsumoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshihiro ^b   Nagao, Masataka ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypervariable regions; Mitochondrial DNA; Personal identification; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA HYPERVARIABLE REGION 1; DNA HYPERVARIABLE REGION 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOOTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18544370995     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200209000-00014     Document Type: Article

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