Developmental validation of the PowerPlex® ESI 16 and PowerPlex® ESI 17 Systems: STR multiplexes for the new European standard

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 436-448

  Tucker, Valerie C ^a   Hopwood, Andrew J ^a   Sprecher, Cynthia J ^b   McLaren, Robert S ^b   Rabbach, Dawn R ^b   Ensenberger, Martin G ^b   Thompson, Jonelle M ^b   Storts, Douglas R ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b PROMEGA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Degraded; DNA; Forensic; Inhibitors; Midi STR; Mini STR; STR; Validation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 80052265749     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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