Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2014
Utilizing DNA analysis to combat the world wide plague of present day slavery--trafficking in persons.
A study was conducted to determine if modern forensic DNA typing methods can be properly employed throughout the world with a final goal of increasing arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of perpetrators of modern day trafficking in persons while concurrently reducing the burden of victim testimony in legal proceedings. Without interruption of investigations, collection of samples containing DNA was conducted in a variety of settings. Evidentiary samples were analyzed on the ANDE Rapid DNA system. Many of the collected swabs yielded informative short tandem repeat profiles with Rapid DNA technology.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2014
Biography Historical ArticleMondino de Luzzi: a luminous figure in the darkness of the Middle Ages.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2014
Reliability of long vs short COI markers in identification of forensically important flies.
To compare the reliability of short and long cytochrome oxidase I gene fragment (COI) in identification of forensically important Diptera from Egypt and China. ⋯ In dipterous identification, it is recommended to use the long COI marker due to its greater reliability and safety.