A collaborative European exercise on mRNA-based body fluid/skin typing and interpretation of DNA and RNA results

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-48

  Van Den Berge, M ^a   Carracedo, A ^b,c   Gomes, I ^d   Graham, E A M ^e   Haas, C ^f   Hjort, B ^g   Hoff Olsen, P ^h   Maronas O ^b   Mevag B ^h   Morling, N ^g   Niederstatter H ⁱ   Parson, W ^i,j   Schneider, P M ^d   Court, D Syndercombe ^k   Vidaki, A ^k   Sijen, T ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Body fluid identification; EUROFORGEN exercise; Forensic science; mRNA profiling; RNA interpretation

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID IDENTIFICATION; EUROFORGEN EXERCISE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MRNA PROFILING; RNA INTERPRETATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BODY FLUIDS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN;

EID: 84894257368     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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