Article
Experience with the PCR-based HLA-DQ alpha DNA typing system in routine forensic casework.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 1993
Schneider P M, Rittner C
Abstract excerpt
The results of HLA-DQ alpha typing from 42 routine forensic cases using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were analyzed regarding the reliability, discrimination efficiency and informative value of this system in a given case. The cases included stain typing from a variety of different substates, i.e. blood and semen stains, mixed body fluids, single hairs, cigarette butts, material from fingernail scratches,...
Topics
- DNA
- Female
- Forensic Medicine
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- Humans
- Male
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Postmortem Changes
