Forensic soil DNA analysis using high-throughput sequencing: A comparison of four molecular markers

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-184

  Young, Jennifer M ^a   Weyrich, Laura S ^a   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; DNA metabarcoding; Forensic; High throughput sequencing (HTS); Metagenomics; Soil

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; MARKER; MOLECULAR MARKER; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MARKER; DNA SEQUENCE; FILTRATION; FUNGUS; GENE TARGETING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FORENSIC GENETICS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

BACTERIA; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; GENETIC MARKERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INTRONS; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SOIL;

EID: 84907307912     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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