Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 29-34 , January 2008

Room temperature DNA preservation of soft tissue for rapid DNA extraction: An addition to the disaster victim identification investigators toolkit?

  • E.A.M. Graham

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK
    • ,
  • E.E. Turk

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Hamburg, Butenfield 34, D-22529 Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • G.N. Rutty

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 116 252 3221; fax: +44 116 252 3274.

Received 23 January 2007 ,Revised 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 13 July 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00107-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.07.003

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 29-34 , January 2008

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