Estimating postmortem interval using RNA degradation and morphological changes in tooth pulp

Forensic Science International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 163.e1-163.e6

  Young, Stephanie T ^a   Wells, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Hobbs, Gerald R ^a   Bishop, Clifton P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Postmortem interval; Quantitative reverse transcription real time; Ribonucleic acids

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; INSECT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; POSTMORTEM INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWINE; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 84885949145     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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