Genetic identification of fire deaths

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 253-254

  Heinrich, Anke ^a   Schwark, Thorsten ^a   Simeoni, Eva ^a   von Wurmb Schwark, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burned bones; DNA degradation; Fire deaths; Forensic identification

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; BURN; DEATH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FIRE DEATH; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VICTIM;

EID: 70649099129     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2009.08.112     Document Type: Article

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