The use of adhesive tape for recovery of dna from crime scene items

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1058-1064

  Barash, Mark ^a,b   Reshef, Ayeleth ^a   Brauner, Paul ^a  

^a Israel Police   (Israel)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adhesive tape sampling; AmpFlSTR SGM Plus; DNA typing; forensic science; short tandem repeats; trace evidence

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOTHING; CYTOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIREARM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL TAPE;

CLOTHING; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIREARMS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL TAPE;

EID: 77954317458     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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