Comparison of bacterial DNA profiles of footwear insoles and soles of feet for the forensic discrimination of footwear owners

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 815-823

  Goga, Haruhisa ^a  

^a Department of Criminal Investigation   (Japan)

Author keywords

BacterialDNAprofiling; Footwear insole; Forensic; Skin bacterial community; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHOE; SKIN;

ADULT; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHOES; SKIN;

EID: 84867003002     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0733-3     Document Type: Article

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