Identical but not the same: The value of DNA methylation profiling in forensic discrimination within monozygotic twins

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Li, Chengtao ^a   Zhang, Suhua ^a   Que, Tingzhi ^a   Li, Li ^a   Zhao, Shumin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Forensic genetics; Individual identification; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 82455164264     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: 1875175X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.09.031     Document Type: Article

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