Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 301-309 , September 2008

Real-time forensic DNA analysis at a crime scene using a portable microchip analyzer

  • Peng Liu

      Affiliations

    • UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Stephanie H.I. Yeung

      Affiliations

    • UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Karin A. Crenshaw

      Affiliations

    • Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Crime Laboratory, 3228 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, USA
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  • Cecelia A. Crouse

      Affiliations

    • Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Crime Laboratory, 3228 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, USA
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  • James R. Scherer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, MS 1460, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Richard A. Mathies

      Affiliations

    • UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • Department of Chemistry, MS 1460, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Chemistry, MS 1460, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Tel.: +1 510 642 4192; fax: +1 510 642 3599.

Received 6 February 2008 ,Revised 10 March 2008 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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PII: S1872-4973(08)00050-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.03.009

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 301-309 , September 2008

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