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Fundamentals of forensic DNA typing / John M. Butler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, c2010.Description: xviii, 500 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780123749994 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0123749999 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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LOC classification:
  • RA 1057.55 .B883 2010
Contents:
Overview and history of DNA typing -- Basics of DNA biology and genetics -- Historical methods -- Sample collection, storage, and characterization -- DNA extraction -- DNA quantitation -- DNA amplification (the polymerase chain reaction) -- Short tandem repeat markers -- Fundamentals of DNA separation and detection -- STR genotyping and data interpretation -- Statistical interpretation : evaluating the strength of forensic DNA evidence -- DNA databases -- Quality assurance -- Forensic challenges : degraded DNA, mixtures, and LCN -- Additional loci and nonhuman DNA testing -- Lineage markers : Y chromosome and mtDNA testing -- Applications of DNA typing -- Future trends.
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Based on author's Forensic DNA typing : biology & technology behind STR markers. c2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview and history of DNA typing -- Basics of DNA biology and genetics -- Historical methods -- Sample collection, storage, and characterization -- DNA extraction -- DNA quantitation -- DNA amplification (the polymerase chain reaction) -- Short tandem repeat markers -- Fundamentals of DNA separation and detection -- STR genotyping and data interpretation -- Statistical interpretation : evaluating the strength of forensic DNA evidence -- DNA databases -- Quality assurance -- Forensic challenges : degraded DNA, mixtures, and LCN -- Additional loci and nonhuman DNA testing -- Lineage markers : Y chromosome and mtDNA testing -- Applications of DNA typing -- Future trends.

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