Is human DNA enough?-potential for bacterial DNA

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Leake, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forensic; Human identification; Interpretation; Microbiome; Saliva

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892393694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00282     Document Type: Note

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