A Cannabis sativa STR genotype database for Australian Seizures: Forensic applications and limitations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-563

  Howard, Christopher ^a   Gilmore, Simon ^a   Robertson, James ^b   Peakall, Rod ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Canberra Institute of Technology   (Australia)

^c Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANUCS301; ANUCS302; ANUCS303; ANUCS304; ANUCS305; ANUCS501; B01 CANN1; B02 CANN2; B05 CANN1; C11 CANN1; Cannabis sativa; DNA typing; Forensic science; Genotype database; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TANDEM REPEAT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, PLANT; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 65349099997     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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