The correlation between skeletal weathering and dna quality and quantity

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 822-828

  Misner, Lisa M ^a,d   Halvorson, Andrea C ^a,e   Dreier, Jennifer L ^b,f   Ubelaker, Douglas H ^c   Foran, David R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories   (United States)

^e Michigan State Police Northville Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

bone; DNA degradation; Forensic science; human skeletal remains; mitochondrial DNA; skeletal weathering; Voegtly Cemetery

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BURIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67650666490     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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