The transfer of touch DNA from hands to glass, fabric and wood

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Daly, Dyan J ^a   Murphy, Charlotte ^a   McDermott, Sean D ^a  

^a Forensic Science Laboratory Dulin Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic science; Secondary transfer; Transfer

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLASS;

ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GLASS; HAND; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; TEXTILES; WOOD;

EID: 82655181306     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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