Journal of Forensic Medicine

›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 455-459.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2011.06.015

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Application and Progress of RNA in Forensic Science

GAO LIN-LIN1, LI YOU-YING1, YAN JIANG-WEI2, LIU YA-CHENG3   

  1. （1． Institute of Criminal Science and Technology, Hangzhou Public Security Bureau, Hangzhou 310004, China; 2. Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; 3. Forensic Medical Examination Center of Beijing Public Security Bureau, Beijing 100192, China）
  • Online:2011-12-25 Published:2011-12-28

Abstract: With the development of molecular biology, the evidences of genetics has been used widely in forensic sciences. DNA technology has played an important role in individual identification and paternity testing, RNA technology is showing more and more wide application in prospect. This article reviews the application and progress of RNA in forensic science including estimation of postmortem interval, bloodstain age, wound age, as well as determination of cause of death and the source of body fluids.

Key words: forensic genetics, RNA, review[publication type]

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