Analysis of DNA profiles extracted from degraded samples from archival of formalin fixed tissue included in paraffin (FFTIP) and hairs

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-168

  Iwamura, Edna S Miazato ^a   Soares Vieira, José Arnaldo ^b   Silva, Marcelo Souza ^a   Funabashi, Karina S ^a   Godoy, Carla D ^a   Muñoz, Daniel Romero ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA; Hairs; Paraffin; PCR; Short amplicons; STR

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; BETA ACTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPLEEN;

EID: 70649090192     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2009.08.096     Document Type: Article

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