Forensic botany: Species identification of botanical trace evidence using a multigene barcoding approach

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-401

  Ferri, Gianmarco ^a   Alù, Milena ^a   Corradini, Beatrice ^a   Beduschi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Forensic botany; Plant DNA database; Species identification

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOTANY; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BOTANY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; PLASTIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUERCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349694426     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0356-5     Document Type: Article

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