Characterization of a modified amplification approach for improved STR recovery from severely degraded skeletal elements

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-587

  Irwin, Jodi A ^a   Just, Rebecca S ^a   Loreille, Odile M ^a   Parsons, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory   (United States)

^b International Commission on Missing Persons   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Degraded skeletal remains; Missing persons; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

KETOCONAZOLE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

ALLELES; BONE AND BONES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 84863775077     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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