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Real-time PCR method for identification of Asian populations in forensic casework.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Apr 2009
Tokutomi Tomoharu, Takada Yuzo, Murayama Takako, Mukaida Masahiro, Kanetake Jun
Abstract excerpt
The priorities for mass disaster victim identification are rapid investigation turn-around time and low cost. We describe a DNA typing procedure to selectively identify members of Asian populations by a real-time PCR method using polymorphisms of the alpha2 chain of the type I collagen gene (COL1A2) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Among the 50 members of the Asian population included in the present study, 37...
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