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Characterization of a modified amplification approach for improved STR recovery from severely degraded skeletal elements.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Irwin Jodi A, Just Rebecca S, Loreille Odile M, Parsons Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
Degraded skeletal remains generally contain limited quantities of genetic material and thus DNA-based identification efforts often target the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region due to the relative abundance of intact mtDNA as compared to nuclear DNA. In many missing person cases, however, the discriminatory power of mtDNA is inadequate to permit identification when associated anthropological, odontological,...
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