World war one Italian and Austrian soldier identification project: DNA results of the first case

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 329-333

  Piccinini, Andrea ^a   Coco, Stefania ^a   Parson, Walther ^b   Cattaneo, Cristina ^a   Gaudio, Daniel ^a,d   Barbazza, Renzo ^c   Galassi, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c ULSS 2 Feltre   (Italy)

^d Azienda Sanitaria Ulss 6 Vicenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone; Forensic science; Identification; mtDNA; World War I; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BONE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOLDIER; WAR;

AUSTRIA; DNA; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; ITALY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 77956923471     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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