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Forensic DNA Analysis

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Classic haemogenetics involving the analysis of erythrocyte membrane antigens as well as ABO and Rhesus blood group testing no longer plays an important role in modern forensic practice. Thus a brief review is sufficient for the purpose of this chapter. In 1901, Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943) discovered the ABO blood group system. Thanks to Paul Uhlenhuth (1870–1957), it also became possible to differentiate human from animal blood (species-specific protein differentiation). Together, these methods laid the foundations for techniques of attributing biological evidence to a suspect as well as for paternity testing. Other blood group systems of erythrocyte membranes were later discovered, as well as other plasma protein polymorphisms. Attribute systems needed to show:

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    Reinhard B. Dettmeyer, Marcel A. Verhoff & Harald F. Schütz

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Dettmeyer, R.B., Verhoff, M.A., Schütz, H.F. (2014). Forensic DNA Analysis. In: Forensic Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38818-7_22

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