| Literature DB >> 12838429 |
Tomoya Takasaki1, Akiko Tsuji, Noriaki Ikeda, Masamichi Ohishi.
Abstract
Age estimation based on evidence found in teeth has received considerable attention within the field of forensic science. We determined the terminal restriction fragment (TRF) length, as telomere length, to estimate age. Using dental pulp DNA we found the average TRF length showed a tendency to shortening with aging. Our findings show that telomere shortening, based on dental pulp DNA is a new and useful approach to estimate age of the subject at the time of death.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12838429 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0376-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Legal Med ISSN: 0937-9827 Impact factor: 2.686