Forensic trace DNA: A review

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  van Oorschot, Roland A H ^a   Ballantyne, Kaye N ^b   Mitchell, R John ^c  

^a Forensic Services Department   (Australia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISASTER; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSFER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VICTIM;

EID: 79953866378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-1-14     Document Type: Review

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