Forensic science international
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Historical Article
History of forensic serology and molecular genetics in the sphere of activity of the German Society for Forensic Medicine.
In the field of forensic serology, essential developmental impulses have come from the sphere of activity of the German Society for Forensic Medicine. Among these are the orientating enzyme-reactive and specific tests for blood using crystallization tests, the determination of the species-specificity of the donor of the stain and the beginning of the individualization of a stain to its donor. ⋯ DNA analysis originated in the Anglo-Saxon region. The German Society for Forensic Medicine also contributed to its further progress and essentially influenced it e.g. by the discovery of microsatellite markers, including STRs, by the validation of numerous test methods, by optimization of these methods and by preliminary work for the use of mass spectrometry in DNA analysis.
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Historical Article
The history of the German Society of Forensic Medicine.
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Historical Article
100 Years of toxicology in the German Society of Legal Medicine.