The use of the polymerase chain reaction in the forensic medical study of hairs

Puchkov, G.F.; Kukhar'kov, I.V.; Korban, V.V.; Borovko, S.R.

Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 39(1): 21-23

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521
PMID: 8669058
Document Number: 466953
In order to detect polymorphic DNA sequences in the bulbs of single human hairs, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used. Specific hypervariable regions of ApoB gene, D1S80 locus, and sex-specific sequences of X/Y chromosomes were amplified. The amount of DNA isolated from single hair bulbs was measured by fluorometry. Methodological aspects of using PCR for forensic medical examinations of single hairs are discussed.

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