Mitochondrial DNA control region diversity in hairs and body fluids of monozygotic triplets

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-74

  Pfeiffer, Heidi ^a   Lutz Bonengel, Sabine ^b   Pollak, Stefan ^b   Fimmers, Rolf ^c   Baur, Max P ^c   Brinkmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body tissues; Length heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; Monozygotic triplets

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TRIPLETS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOZYGOTIC TRIPLETS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SALIVA; TRIPLETS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 2442626816     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0409-0     Document Type: Article

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