Sex determination in highly fragmented human DNA by high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis.

Sex identification in ancient human remains is a common problem especially if the skeletons are sub-adult, incomplete or damaged. In this paper we propose a new method to identify sex, based on real-time PCR amplification of small fragments (61 and 64 bp) of the third exon within the amelogenin gene...

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Main Authors: Brenda A Álvarez-Sandoval, Linda R Manzanilla, Rafael Montiel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4123986?pdf=render