Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 74-79 , March 2009

Novel methods of molecular sex identification from skeletal tissue using the amelogenin gene

  • Victoria Gibbon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Johannesburg, 2193 Parktown, South Africa
    • School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Johannesburg, 2193 Parktown, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Johannesburg, 2193 Parktown, South Africa. Tel.: +27 11 488 3632.
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  • Maria Paximadis

      Affiliations

    • AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • Goran Štrkalj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Chiropractic, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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  • Paul Ruff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Johannesburg, 2193 Parktown, South Africa
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  • Clem Penny

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Johannesburg, 2193 Parktown, South Africa

Received 3 July 2008 ,Revised 22 September 2008 ,Accepted 15 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.10.007

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 74-79 , March 2009

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