Costal cartilage ensures low degradation of DNA needed for genetic identification of human remains retrieved at different decomposition stages and different postmortem intervals
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2021-0035 | Journal eISSN: 1732-2693
Language: English
Page range: 852 - 858
Submitted on: Dec 7, 2020
Accepted on: Jun 24, 2021
Published on: Dec 4, 2021
Published by: Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
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