Memorial eckert paper for 2007 forensic DNA analysis for the medical examiner

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Pinckard, J Keith ^a  

^a University of Texas at   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic pathology; Identification; Mitochondrial DNA; STR; Unidentified remains; Y STR

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL LINEAGE; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA ISOLATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATERNITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; CORONER; DNA DEGRADATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DNA; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 65249122611     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181873709     Document Type: Article

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