Toenails as an alternative source material for the extraction of DNA from decomposed human remains

Forensic Science International

Volumn 258, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Schlenker, Andrew ^a   Grimble, Katelyn ^a   Azim, Arani ^a   Owen, Rebecca ^a   Hartman, Dadna ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposed human remains; DNA profiling; DVI; Forensic biology; Human identification; Toenail

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERY ELDERLY; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOES;

EID: 84947765452     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.10.025     Document Type: Article

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