Marrying anthropology and DNA: Essential for solving complex commingling problems in cases of extreme fragmentation

Recovery, Analysis, and Identification of Commingled Human Remains

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-299

  Mundorff, Amy Z ^a   Shaler, Robert ^b   Bieschke, Erik ^c   Mar Cash, Elaine ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

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EID: 67650662132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-316-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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