Room temperature DNA preservation of soft tissue for rapid DNA extraction: An addition to the disaster victim identification investigators toolkit?

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-34

  Graham, E A M ^a   Turk, E E ^b   Rutty, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; DNA; Mass fatality incident; Preservation; STR profiling; Tissue storage

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLING; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VICTIM;

BUFFERS; DISASTERS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOLUTIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36049039236     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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