Reliable nuclear and mitochondrial DNA quantification for low copy number and degraded forensic samples

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fregel, R ^a   Almeida, M ^a   Betancor, E ^a   Suarez N M ^b   Pestano, J ^a,b  

^a Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; DNA quantification; LCN sample; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear DNA; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 82455162371     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: 1875175X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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