Examples of kinship analysis where Profiler Plus™ was not discriminatory enough for the identification of victims using DNA identification

Forensic Science International

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 64-68

  Hartman, D ^a,b   Benton, L ^a   Morenos, L ^a   Beyer, J ^a   Spiden, M ^a   Stock, A ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; DNA; DNA identification; Forensic biology; Mass disaster; Missing persons

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOME; BLOOD STAIN; BONE; BUSHFIRE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS DISASTER; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; VICTIM;

EID: 79651472212     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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