Advanced topics in forensic DNA typing : methodology - Butler, John M. (John Marshall), 1969- (Walthan, MA : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012)
Sample collection, storage, and characterization -- DNA extraction m ethods -- DNA quantitation -- PCR amplification: capabilities and cauti ons -- Short tandem repeat (STR) loci and kits -- Capillary electrophor esis: principles and instrumentation -- Quality assurance and validatio n -- DNA databases: uses and issues -- Missing persons and disaster vic tim identification efforts -- Degraded DNA -- Low-level DNA testing: is sues, concerns, and solutions -- Single nucleotide polymorphisms and ap plications -- Y-chromosome DNA testing -- Mitochondrial DNA analysis -- X-chromosome analysis -- Non-human DNA -- New technologies and automat ion -- Legal aspects of DNA testing and the scientific expert in court.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: DNA Fingerprinting; Forensic genetics; DNA Fingerprinting -- methods; Forensic Genetics -- methods; DNA -- physiology