Forensic species identification based on size variation of mitochondrial DNA hypervariable regions.

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Published in Int J Legal Med on December 04, 2008

Authors

Hiroaki Nakamura1, Tomonori Muro, Shinji Imamura, Isao Yuasa

Author Affiliations

1: Criminal Investigation Laboratory, Shimane Prefectural Police Headquarters, Matsue, 690-8501, Japan.

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