Forensic DNA Phenotyping: DNA Testing for Externally Visible Characteristics

Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 369-374

  Kayser, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological eye witness; Body height; Externally visible characteristic (EVC); Eye color; Facial morphology; Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP); Genome wide association study (GWAS); Hair color; Human appearance; Physical trait; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892684079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382165-2.00067-2     Document Type: Chapter

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