Development of a human-specific real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous quantitation of total genomic and male DNA

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 758-765

  Horsman, Katie M ^a   Hickey, Jeffrey A ^b,d   Cotton, Robin W ^b   Landers, James P ^a,c   Maddox, Lewis O ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Orchid Cellmark   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

^e Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA quantitation; Forensic science; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEASE;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; SRY GENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 33745750214     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00183.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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