Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53415#.VMG65izQrzE Author(s) Le Truong 1 , Hannah Lui Park 1* , Seong Sil Chang 1 , Argyrios Ziogas 1 , Susan L. Neuhausen 2 , Sophia S. Wang 2 , Leslie Bernstein 2 , Hoda Anton-Culver 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA . 2 Division of Cancer Etiology, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA . ABSTRACT Blood samples have traditionally been used as the main source of DNA for genetic analysis. How-ever, this source can be difficult in terms of collection, transportation, and long-term storage. In this study, we investigated whether human nail clippings could be used as a source of DNA for SNP genotyping, null-allele detection, and whole-genome amplification. From extracted nail DNA, we achieved amplico...
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