Article
Sex-specific age association with primary DNA transfer.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 2016
Manoli Panayiotis, Antoniou Antonis, Bashiardes Evy, Xenophontos Stavroulla, Photiades Marinos, Stribley Vaso, Mylona Michalis, Demetriou Christiana, Cariolou Marios A
Abstract excerpt
Practicing forensic scientists who are called to provide expert witness testimony are often asked to explain both the presence and the absence of DNA on objects that have been handled by perpetrators with bare hands. Unwashed hands, depending on what they have come in contact with previously, may become the vehicle of both primary and secondary transfer of DNA. In this study, we investigated the propensity of...
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