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The PCR has extends DNA typing to a significant proportion of biological evidence that contains highly degraded DNA. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues are good examples of surgical specimens with highly degraded DNA that are being analyzed increasingly via PCR at the forensic laboratory.
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Alonso, A., Martín, P., Albarrán, C., Aguilera, B., Oliva, H., Sancho, M. (1995). PCR-Based Analysis from Formalin-Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded Tissues. In: Mangin, P., Ludes, B. (eds) Acta Medicinæ Legalis Vol. XLIV 1994. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79523-7_3
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