The application of miniplex primer sets in the analysis of degraded DNA from human skeletal remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-356

  Opel, Kerry L ^a   Chung, Denise T ^b,d   Drábek, Jiří ^b,e   Tatarek, Nancy E ^b   Jantz, Lee Meadows ^c   McCord, Bruce R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Forensic science; Human skeletal remains; Multiplex PCR; Nuclear DNA; Short tandem repeat; STR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SKELETON;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 33644925270     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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