Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 176-183 , June 2008

Forensic typing of autosomal SNPs with a 29 SNP-multiplex—Results of a collaborative EDNAP exercise

  • J.J. Sanchez

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 11 Frederik V's Vej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Canary Islands Delegation, Spain
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  • C. Børsting

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 11 Frederik V's Vej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • K. Balogh

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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  • B. Berger

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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  • M. Bogus

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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  • J.M. Butler

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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  • A. Carracedo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • D. Syndercombe Court

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Haematology, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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  • L.A. Dixon

      Affiliations

    • The Forensic Science Service, Research and Development, Trident Court, Birmingham, UK
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  • B. Filipović

      Affiliations

    • International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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  • M. Fondevila

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • P. Gill

      Affiliations

    • The Forensic Science Service, Research and Development, Trident Court, Birmingham, UK
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  • C.D. Harrison

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Haematology, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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  • C. Hohoff

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
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  • R. Huel

      Affiliations

    • International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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  • B. Ludes

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Médicine Legale, Strasbourg, France
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  • W. Parson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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  • T.J. Parsons

      Affiliations

    • International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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  • E. Petkovski

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Médicine Legale, Strasbourg, France
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  • C. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • H. Schmitter

      Affiliations

    • Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany
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  • P.M. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany
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  • P.M. Vallone

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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  • N. Morling

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 11 Frederik V's Vej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 1 October 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00405-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.12.002

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 176-183 , June 2008