A quantitative assessment of a reliable screening technique for the STR analysis of telogen hair roots

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-188

  Edson, Janette ^a   Brooks, Elizabeth M ^b   McLaren, Carolyn ^c   Robertson, James ^c   McNevin, Dennis ^c   Cooper, Alan ^a   Austin, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; Histology; Nuclei; STR analysis; Telogen hair

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; HAIR ROOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HAIR; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84869490983     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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