Assessment of DNA degradation and the genotyping success of highly degraded samples

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-348

  Hughes Stamm, Sheree R ^a   Ashton, Kevin J ^a   Van Daal, Angela ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degraded DNA; DNA Quantification; Mini STR; Quantitative PCR; SNPs; STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 79551633258     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0455-3     Document Type: Article

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