DNA profiles from fingernails using direct PCR

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-103

  Ottens, Renée ^a   Taylor, Duncan ^a,b   Linacre, Adrian ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct PCR; Fingernails; Forensic science; NGM STR loci

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC MARKER;

CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NAIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84930200411     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-014-9626-8     Document Type: Article

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