Internal validation of the AmpF/STR Yfiler™ amplification kit for use in forensic casework

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-134

  Gross, Ann Marie ^a   Liberty, Amy A ^a   Ulland, Megan M ^a   Kuriger, Jacquelyn K ^a  

^a BCA Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Casework; DYS19; DYS385; DYS389I; DYS389II; DYS390; DYS391; DYS392; DYS393; DYS437; DYS438; DYS439; DYS448; DYS456; DYS458; DYS635 (YGATA C4) YGATA H4; Forensic science; Validation; Y chromosome; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT; VALIDATION STUDY; Y CHROMOSOME;

DNA;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 39049143345     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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