2-D facial reconstruction (when skull is not available) using mitochondrial DNA (MTDNA) phylogeny tree and image morphing techniques: A preliminary study

International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Shahrom, A Wahid ^a   Lim, L S ^b   Md Zain, B M ^b   Mansor Clyde, M ^b   Noor Azma, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ancestorship; Facial approximation; Facial reconstruction; Mendelian morphing; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 34247857456     PISSN: 09720448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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