Forensic utility of the mitochondrial hypervariable region 1 of domestic dogs, in conjunction with breed and geographic information

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-89

  Himmelberger, Andrea L ^a   Spear, Theresa F ^a   Satkoski, Jessica A ^a   George, Debra A ^a   Garnica, Wendy T ^a   Malladi, Venkat S ^a   Smith, David G ^a,b   Webb, Kristen M ^c   Allard, Marc W ^c   Kanthaswamy, Sreetharan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic dog; Forensic science; Geographic origin; Hypervariable region 1; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixed and pure breed studies; Sequence variation; Trace evidence

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; BREED; CONFERENCE PAPER; COYOTE; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; HAPLOTYPES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 39049107471     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00615.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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