Targeted sampling of cementum for recovery of nuclear DNA from human teeth and the impact of common decontamination measures

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Higgins, Denice ^a   Kaidonis, John ^a   Townsend, Grant ^a   Hughes, Toby ^a   Austin, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cementum; Forensic DNA typing; Skeletal remains; Sodium hypochlorite decontamination; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEMENTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 84885545850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-4-18     Document Type: Article

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