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Comparing different post-mortem human samples as DNA sources for downstream genotyping and identification.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Nov 2015
Calacal Gayvelline C, Apaga Dame Loveliness T, Salvador Jazelyn M, Jimenez Joseph Andrew D, Lagat Ludivino J, Villacorta Renato Pio F, Lim Maria Cecilia F, Fortun Raquel D R, Datar Francisco A, De Ungria Maria Corazon A
Abstract excerpt
The capability of DNA laboratories to perform genotyping procedures from post-mortem remains, including those that had undergone putrefaction, continues to be a challenge in the Philippines, a country characterized by very humid and warm conditions all year round. These environmental conditions accelerate the decomposition of human remains that were recovered after a disaster and those that were left abandoned...
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