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Multiplex STR typing of aortic tissues from unidentified cadavers.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Apr 2009
Sato Yayoi, Motani Hisako, Inoue Hiroyuki, Hayakawa Mutsumi, Yajima Daisuke, Nagasawa Sayaka, Kobayashi Kazuhiro, Sato Kaoru, Otsuka Katsura, Iwase Hirotaro
Abstract excerpt
The DNA of aortic tissues collected at the autopsies of unidentified 47 cadavers was examined using a multiplex short tandem repeat (STR) typing kit. The causes of death included drowning, burning and brain injury among others. Tissues samples were stored in ethanol before DNA extraction. DNA was extracted from about 25mg of dried tissues using a Q1Amp DNA Mini kit (QIAGEN). STR typing was performed using an...
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