Forensic species identification based on size variation of mitochondrial DNA hypervariable regions

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Muro, Tomonori ^a,b   Imamura, Shinji ^a,b   Yuasa, Isao ^c  

^a Shimane Prefectural Police Headquarters   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Hypervariable regions; Mitochondrial DNA; Species identification; Universal primer

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA STRUCTURE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FISHES; FLUORESCENCE; MAMMALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60449109142     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0306-7     Document Type: Article

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