Abstract:Background: Identification of menstrual blood is an important issue in forensic biology, but there are no confirmatory methods for its detection. This study aimed to investigate the use of mRNA markers (hemoglobin alpha (HBA), matrix metalloproteinases 7 &11 (MMP7 &MMP11) as forensic markers for differentiation between menstrual and peripheral blood stains. Results: HBA was present in all peripheral and menstrual blood samples with higher levels in peripheral blood. MMP 7&11 were absent in peripheral blood sam… Show more
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