DNA transfer: Review and implications for casework

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 434-443

  Meakin, Georgina ^a   Jamieson, Allan ^a  

^a Forensic Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casework; DNA; Inference; Review; Transfer

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BODY FLUID; CONTAMINATION; COUGHING; CRIME; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SKIN; SNEEZING; SOCIAL WORKER; SPEECH; TIME; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS;

DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS;

EID: 84891673645     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.03.013     Document Type: Review

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