Forensic hair analysis to identify animal species on a case of pet animal abuse

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Sato, Itaru ^a   Nakaki, Shinichi ^b   Murata, Koichi ^c   Takeshita, Hiroshi ^d   Mukai, Toshiji ^d  

^a Scientific Crime Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal hair; Cytochrome b; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; SNP

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CRIME; DOG; FERRET; GENETICS; GERBIL; HAIR; HAMSTER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MUSTELIDAE; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CRICETINAE; CRIME; CYTOCHROMES B; DOGS; FERRETS; GERBILLINAE; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSTELIDAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954565220     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0383-2     Document Type: Article

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