Differential nuclear and mitochondrial DNA preservation in post-mortem teeth with implications for forensic and ancient DNA studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Higgins, Denice ^a   Rohrlach, Adam B ^a   Kaidonis, John ^a   Townsend, Grant ^a   Austin, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEMENTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DENTIN; DNA CONTENT; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOOTH; TOOTH PULP; CELL NUCLEUS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOOTH;

EID: 84930682529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126935     Document Type: Article

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