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A Method for Sexing 90-Day-Old Blood Stains in Absorbent and Nonabsorbent Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. Aragonés
Affiliation:
Institute of Fundamental Biology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
J. Egozcue*
Affiliation:
Institute of Fundamental Biology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
*
Instituto de Biología Fundamental, Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Av. S. Antonio M. Claret 171, Barcelona, Spain

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Cells from blood stains in absorbent and nonabsorbent materials like stainless steel, unpolished wood, cloth, glass, and paper, can be correctly sexed using fluorescent stains even after 90 days, during which the stains had been exposed to light, unfixed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1973

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