An updated validation of Promega's PowerPlex® 16 System: High throughput databasing under reduced PCR volume conditions on Applied Biosystem's 96 capillary 3730xl DNA Analyzer

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1353-1357

  Spathis, Rita ^a   Lum, J Koji ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3730xl DNA analyzer; Combined DNA index system; DNA typing; Forensic science; PowerPlex 16; Reduced PCR volume; Validation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANALYZER; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALLELES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 54949093579     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00881.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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