Current genetic methodologies in the identification of disaster victims and in forensic analysis

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-60

  Ziętkiewicz, Ewa ^a   Witt, Magdalena ^b   Daca, Patrycja ^a   Żebracka Gala, Jadwiga ^c   Goniewicz, Mariusz ^d   Jarząb, Barbara ^c   Witt, Michał ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Automated technological platforms; DNA mixtures analysis; DNA profiling; Genetic markers in DVI; Polymorphisms databases; Statistical analysis in DVI; Transcriptome analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856291023     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-011-0068-7     Document Type: Review

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