Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 94-97 , June 2010

Identification of a forensic case using microscopy and forensically informative nucleotide sequencing (FINS): A case study of small Indian civet (Viverricula indica)

Received 8 March 2009 ,Revised 29 May 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.07.002

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 94-97 , June 2010

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