Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 27-30 , January 2007

What do the X and Y chromosomes tell us about sex and gender in forensic case analysis?

  • Nicole von Wurmb-Schwark

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Kiel, Christian-Albrechts, Arnold-Heller-Street, 12 Kiel 24105, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 431 597 3633; fax: +49 431 597 3612.
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  • Hartmut Bosinski

      Affiliations

    • Division of Sexual Medicine, University of Kiel, Germany
    • ,
  • Stefanie Ritz-Timme

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Received 9 June 2005 ,Revised 11 August 2005 ,Accepted 28 September 2005.

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PII: S1353-1131(05)00171-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.09.003

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 27-30 , January 2007

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