Validation of the Short Amplicon Multiplex Q8 Including the German DNA Database Systems

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 862-865

  Müller, Kathrin ^a   Braunschweiger, Günter ^b   Klein, Rachel ^a   Miltner, Erich ^a   Wiegand, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b genFOR GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

amelogenin; D18S51; D21S11; D3S1358; D8S1179; DNA degradation; DNA typing; FGA; Forensic science; German DNA database systems; low copy number; SE33; short amplicon multiplex; TH01; VWA

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

AMELOGENIN; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 67650669027     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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