Simplified field preservation of tissues for subsequent DNA analyses

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 846-852

  Michaud, Corinne L ^a,b   Foran, David R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; DNA preservation; DNA quality; Forensic science; Insulin growth factor 1; Mass disaster; Tissue preservation; Tissue storage

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA; PRIMER DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DESICCATION; DISASTER; DNA DEGRADATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

2-PROPANOL; ANIMALS; DESICCATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISASTERS; DNA; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; DNA PRIMERS; ETHANOL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SKIN; SOLVENTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 79960069344     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01771.x     Document Type: Article

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