Prevalence and persistence of foreign DNA beneath fingernails

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Matte, Melinda ^a   Williams, Linda ^a   Frappier, Roger ^a   Newman, Jonathan ^a  

^a Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services Centre of Forensic Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clippings; Fingernails; Forensic DNA; Mixed DNA profiles; Scrapings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NAILS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84857051761     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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