Identification of skin in touch/contact forensic samples by messenger RNA profiling

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hanson, E ^a   Haas, C ^b   Jucker, R ^b   Ballantyne, J ^a,c  

^a National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; MRNA profiling; Skin identification; Touch contact DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 82455175239     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: 1875175X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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