QPCR and mtDNA SNP analysis of experimentally degraded hair samples and its application in forensic casework

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-342

  Köhnemann, Stephan ^a   Pennekamp, Petra ^a   Schmidt, Peter Fritz ^a   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic hair analysis; mtDNA; qPCR; SNP

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77954539903     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0466-0     Document Type: Article

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