Application of next-generation sequencing technology in forensic science

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 190-197

  Yang, Yaran ^a   Xie, Bingbing ^a,b   Yan, Jiangwei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation of DNA; Forensics; Genomics; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT DNA;

ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOSOME; BODY FLUID; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIGENETICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALIA;

FORENSIC SCIENCES; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84922545374     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: 22103244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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