The impact of DNA contamination of bone samples in forensic case analysis and anthropological research

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 125-130

  von Wurmb Schwark, Nicole ^a   Heinrich, Anke ^a   Freudenberg, Mechthild ^b   Gebühr, Michael ^b   Schwark, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Schloß Gottorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bones; Contamination; Forensic; Mitochondrial DNA; STR typing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BONE; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TOUCH;

BONE AND BONES; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TOUCH;

EID: 40249119658     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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