Specific melanin content in human hairs and mitochondrial DNA typing success

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-166

  Linch, Charles A ^a   Champagne, Jarrod R ^b   Bonnette, Michelle D ^a   Dawson Cruz, Tracey ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair biology; Hair melanin; Hair mtDNA; Mitochondrial DNA photodamage

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHEOMELANIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67849124064     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181873c69     Document Type: Article

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