Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 190-197 , June 2008

DNA typing in populations of mule deer for forensic use in the Province of Alberta

  • Richard M. Jobin

      Affiliations

    • Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory, 7th Floor OS Longman Building, 6909-116 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4P2, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 780 422 3194; fax: +1 780 422 9685.
    • ,
  • Denise Patterson

      Affiliations

    • Present address: Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, 8-26 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada.
    • ,
  • Youfang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Criminal Investigation, Zhejiang Police College, 555 Binwen Road, Hangzhou 310053, PR China

Received 31 December 2007 ,Accepted 25 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.01.003

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 190-197 , June 2008

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