Taking DNA from the dead

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 318-

  McGuire, Amy L ^a   Majumder, Mary A ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^b   Swindell, J S ^a   Yaeger, Laura V ^c   Gibbs, Richard A ^a   Wheeler, Thomas M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Fleming and Associates LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CANCER RESEARCH; DATA BASE; ETHICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CADAVER; DNA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 77951116864     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2792     Document Type: Article

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