Novel methods of molecular sex identification from skeletal tissue using the amelogenin gene

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 74-79

  Gibbon, Victoria ^a   Paximadis, Maria ^b   Štrkalj, Goran ^c   Ruff, Paul ^a   Penny, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amelogenin gene; Ancient DNA; Sex identification; Skeletal remains

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXON; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE AND BONES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 59849099305     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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