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Preliminary DNA identification for the tsunami victims in Thailand.
Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics - 1 Aug 2005
Deng Ya Jun, Li Yuan Zhe, Yu Xiao Guamg, Li Li, Wu Dong Ying, Zhou Jun, Man Tian You, Yang Guang, Yan Jiang Wei, Cai Da Qing, Wang Jian, Yang Huan Ming, Li Sheng Bin, Yu Jun
Abstract excerpt
The 2004 Southeast Asia Tsunami killed nearly 5,400 people in Southern Thailand, including foreign tourists and local residents. To recover DNA evidence as much as possible from the seriously decomposed bodies, we explored procedures of sample preparation from both bone and tooth samples as well as both mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Despite having failed to recover enough DNA for nuclear marker typing, we...
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