Forensic genetic SNP typing of low-template DNA and highly degraded DNA from crime case samples

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-352

  Børsting, Claus ^a   Mogensen, Helle Smidt ^a   Morling, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crime case work; Degraded DNA; Low template DNA; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; SNPforID

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOW TEMPLATE DNA ANALYSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CRIME; DENMARK; DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84876813780     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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