Forensic DNA methylation profiling - Potential opportunities and challenges

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-507

  Vidaki, Athina ^a   Daniel, Barbara ^a   Court, Denise Syndercombe ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Body fluid identification; Cause of death; DNA methylation; Epigenetic markers; Genetic imprinting

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLELE; BODY FLUID; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MARKER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

AGE DETERMINATION; BODY FLUID IDENTIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC IMPRINTING;

AGING; BODY FLUIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CPG ISLANDS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84879907393     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.05.004     Document Type: Review

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