Can mRNA markers distinguish traces generated by different types of contact?

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages e3-

  Bhoelai, Bryan ^a   de Jong, Bas ^a   Sijen, Titia ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact traces; Epidermal layers; Forensic science; MRNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SKIN FLAP; SPERM; TOUCH; VAGINA MUCOSA;

EID: 84889885309     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: 1875175X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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