Investigation of telomere lengths measurement by quantitative real-time PCR to predict age

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 236-242

  Hewakapuge, Sudinna ^a   van Oorschot, Roland A H ^b   Lewandowski, Paul ^c   Baindur Hudson, Swati ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victoria Forensic Science Centre   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Real time quantitative PCR; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47249149641     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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