Past, present and future of forensic DNA typing

Nanomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-270

  Giardina, Emiliano ^a   Spinella, Aldo ^b   Novelli, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Direzione Centrale Anticrimine   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprint; forensic DNA typing; short tandem repeat; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CRIME; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PURIFICATION; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 79952587838     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.10.160     Document Type: Review

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