Evaluation of multiple transfer of DNA using mock case scenarios

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Goray, Mariya ^a,b   Mitchell, John R ^b   van Oorschot, Roland A H ^a  

^a Victoria Police Forensic Service Centre   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime scene; DNA; DNA typing; Forensic science; Trace; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALLELES; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 84855727899     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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