Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , December 2008

Genetic identification of decomposed cadavers using nails as DNA source

  • M. Allouche

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Légale de l’Hôpital Charles Nicolle de Tunis, Tunisia
    • Laboratoire de Génétique Forensique, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois et Université de Lausanne, rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • M. Hamdoum

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Légale de l’Hôpital Charles Nicolle de Tunis, Tunisia
    • ,
  • P. Mangin

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Génétique Forensique, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois et Université de Lausanne, rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • V. Castella

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Génétique Forensique, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois et Université de Lausanne, rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 21 314 70 58; fax: +41 21 314 70 90.

Received 18 April 2008 ,Revised 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 23 July 2008.

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PII: S1872-4973(08)00125-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.07.008

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , December 2008

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