mRNA profiling in identification of biological fluids in forensic genetics

Problems of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue , 2011, Pages 204-215

  Jakubowska, Joanna ^a   Maciejewska, Agnieszka ^b   Pawłowski, Ryszard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; Forensic genetics; mRNA; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

BODY FLUID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84856474340     PISSN: 12307483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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