DNA extraction from human saliva deposited on skin and its use in forensic identification procedures Extração de DNA de saliva humana depositada sobre a pele e sua aplicabilidade aos processos de identificação forense

• Main Authors: Evelyn Anzai-Kanto (Author), Mário Hiroyuki Hirata (Author), Rosario Dominguez Crespo Hirata (Author), Fabio Daumas Nunes (Author), Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff Melani (Author), Rogério Nogueira Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Saliva is usually deposited in bite marks found in many homicides, assault and other criminal cases. In the present study, saliva obtained from volunteers was deposited on skin and recovered for DNA extraction and typing in order to evaluate its usefulness for practical case investigation and discus...