Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , January 2011

mRNA profiling for the identification of blood—Results of a collaborative EDNAP exercise

  • C. Haas

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Legal Medicine, Forensic Genetics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 44 635 56 56; fax: +41 44 635 68 58.
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  • E. Hanson

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Forensic Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
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  • W. Bär

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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  • R. Banemann

      Affiliations

    • Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany
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  • A.M. Bento

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetic Service, Centre Branch, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Portugal
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  • A. Berti

      Affiliations

    • Reparto Investigazioni Scientifiche di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • E. Borges

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de Police Scientifique, Laboratoire de Police Scientifique de Lyon, France
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  • C. Bouakaze

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Strasbourg, France
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  • A. Carracedo

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • M. Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetic Service, Centre Branch, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Portugal
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  • A. Choma

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Science, Department of Criminalistic Biology and Genetic Analysis, Bratislava, Slovakia
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  • M. Dötsch

      Affiliations

    • Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany
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  • M. Durianciková

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ministry of the Interior, Dpt. of Biology and DNA Analysis, Slovenská Lupca, Slovakia
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  • P. Hoff-Olsen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • C. Hohoff

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany
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  • P. Johansen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • P.A. Lindenbergh

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
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  • B. Loddenkötter

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany
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  • B. Ludes

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Strasbourg, France
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  • O. Maroñas

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • N. Morling

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • H. Niederstätter

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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  • W. Parson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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  • G. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Science Service, Birmingham, UK
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  • C. Popielarz

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de Police Scientifique, Laboratoire de Police Scientifique de Lyon, France
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  • E. Salata

      Affiliations

    • Reparto Investigazioni Scientifiche di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • P.M. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
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  • T. Sijen

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
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  • B. Sviezená

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Science, Department of Criminalistic Biology and Genetic Analysis, Bratislava, Slovakia
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  • L. Zatkalíková

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ministry of the Interior, Dpt. of Biology and DNA Analysis, Slovenská Lupca, Slovakia
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  • J. Ballantyne

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Forensic Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 26 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.01.003

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , January 2011

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