Resistance of degraded hair shafts to contaminant DNA

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 208-212

  Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a,d   Menez, Laura ^a,b   Janaway, Robert C ^c   Tobin, Desmond J ^c   Cooper, Alan ^a   Wilson, Andrew S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Degradation; Hair; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SCREENING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SKIN CELL;

EID: 30344463801     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.021     Document Type: Article

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