Predicting the origin of soil evidence: High throughput eukaryote sequencing and MIR spectroscopy applied to a crime scene scenario

Forensic Science International

Volumn 251, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-31

  Young, Jennifer M ^a   Weyrich, Laura S ^a   Breen, James ^a   Macdonald, Lynne M ^b   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic; High throughput; Metagenomics; MIR; Soil

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; DNA; RNA 18S; SOIL;

AIR DRYING REFERENCE SAMPLE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EUKARYOTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MID INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUKARYOTA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84961375431     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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