Advanced topics in forensic DNA typing methodology /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Academic Press,
c2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Sample collection, storage, and characterization
- DNA extraction methods
- DNA quantitation
- PCR amplification: capabilities and cautions
- Short tandem repeat (STR) loci and kits
- Capillary electrophoresis: principles and instrumentation
- Quality assurance and validation
- DNA databases: uses and issues
- Missing persons and disaster victim identification efforts
- Degraded DNA
- Low-level DNA testing: issues, concerns, and solutions
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms and applications
- Y-chromosome DNA testing
- Mitochondrial DNA analysis
- X-chromosome analysis
- Non-human DNA
- New technologies and automation
- Legal aspects of DNA testing and the scientific expert in court.