DNA identifications after the 9/11 World Trade Center attack

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5751, 2005, Pages 1122-1123

  Biesecker, Leslie G ^a   Bailey Wilson, Joan E ^a   Ballantyne, Jack ^a   Baum, Howard ^a   Bieber, Frederick R ^a   Brenner, Charles ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^a   Butler, John M ^a   Carmody, George ^a   Conneally, P Michael ^a   Duceman, Barry ^a   Eisenberg, Arthur ^a   Forman, Lisa ^a   Kidd, Kenneth K ^a   Leclair, Benoit ^a   Niezgoda, Steven ^a   Parsons, Thomas J ^a   Pugh, Elizabeth ^a   Shaler, Robert ^a   Sherry, Stephen T ^a   Sozer, Amanda ^a   Walsh, Anne ^a   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC MARKER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

DISASTER PLANNING; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944470934     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116608     Document Type: Short Survey

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25. We dedicate this to the memory of the victims of the WTC attack, to the families, and to everyone whose efforts made the identifications possible. We gratefully acknowledge Mark Dale for his advocacy and support.