Abstract:Analysing the relative quantity of the housekeeping genes β-actin and 18S rRNA has been proposed as genetic method of determining the age of bloodstains collected from crime scenes. However, the measured quantities of these housekeeping genes could be affected in cases of the contamination of bloodstains with another body fluid from the same individual or different individuals. This study investigated the effect of mixing bloodstains with another bodily fluid, namely saliva, on the values of the relative quant… Show more
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