Classification of STR allelic variation using massively parallel sequencing and assessment of flanking region power
Publication date: Available online 15 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Laurence Devesse, Lucinda Davenport, Lisa Borsuk, Katherine Gettings, Gabriella Mason-Buck, Peter M. Vallone, Denise Syndercombe Court, David Ballard (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 15, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Determination of Human Identity from Anopheles stephensi Mosquito Blood Meals Using Direct Amplification and Massively Parallel Sequencing
Publication date: Available online 11 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Shayna L. Gray, Teresa M. Tiedge, Joann M. Butkus, Tyler J. Earp, Scott E. Lindner, Reena Roy (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 12, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Variability and Additivity of Read Counts for aSTRs in NGS DNA Profiles
Publication date: Available online 11 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Kevin Cheng, Jessica Skillman, Stephanie Hickey, Rebecca Just, Lilliana Moreno, Jo-Anne Bright, Hannah Kelly, Meng-Han Lin, James M. Curran, John Buckleton (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 12, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

DNA transfer to firearms in alternative realistic handling scenarios
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Annica Gosch, Jan Euteneuer, Johanna Preuß-Wössner, Cornelius Courts (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 12, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Forensic DNA testing during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Maria Corazon A. De Ungria (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 12, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

A quantitative method for selecting a hair for nulear DNA analysis
Publication date: Available online 9 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Maria Lawas, Linda M. Otterstatter, Luisa V. Forger, Jade E. Gray, Joseph Donfack (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 11, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Performance of a method for weighting a range in the number of contributors in probabilistic genotyping
Publication date: Available online 9 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Catherine McGovern, Kevin Cheng, Hannah Kelly, Anne Ciecko, Duncan Taylor, John S. Buckleton, Jo-Anne Bright (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 11, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Rapid DNA for crime scene use: Enhancements and data needed to consider use on forensic evidence for State and National DNA Databasing – An agreed position statement by ENFSI, SWGDAM and the Rapid DNA Crime Scene Technology Advancement Task Group
Publication date: Available online 8 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Douglas R. Hares, Alexander Kneppers, Anthony J. Onorato, Shazia Kahn (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 10, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

The landscape of persistent human DNA viruses in femoral bone
Publication date: Available online 8 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Mari Toppinen, Diogo Pratas, Elina Väisänen, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Klaus Hedman, Maria F. Perdomo, Antti Sajantila (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 10, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Mutational data and population profiling of 23 Y-STRs in three Brazilian populations
Publication date: Available online 8 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Isabela Brunelli Ambrosio, Danilo Faustino Braganholi, Larissa Barros Muniz Orlando, Natalia Carolina Andrekenas, Isabel da Mota Pontes, Dayse Aparecida da Silva, Spartaco Astolfi-Filho, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Regina Maria Barretto Cicarelli, Leonor Gusmão (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 10, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Are low LRs reliable?
Publication date: Available online 8 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): John S. Buckleton, Simone N. Pugh, Jo-Anne Bright, Duncan A Taylor, James M. Curran, Maarten Kruijver, Peter Gill, Bruce Budowle, Kevin Cheng (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 8, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Factors affecting DNA recovery from cartridge cases
Publication date: Available online 3 July 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Linda Jansson, Christina Forsberg, Yasmine Akel, Charlotte Dufva, Carina Ansell, Ricky Ansell, Johannes Hedman (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 4, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Identification of five types of forensic body fluids based on stepwise discriminant analysis
Publication date: Available online 30 June 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Hongxia He, Na Han, Chengjie Ji, Yixia Zhao, Hu Sheng, Qinglan Kong, Jian Ye, Anquan Ji, Qifan Sun (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - July 1, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Predicting haplogroups using a versatile machine learning program (PredYMaLe) on a new mutationally balanced 32 Y-STR multiplex (CombYplex): unlocking the full potential of the human STR mutation rate spectrum to estimate forensic parameters
Publication date: Available online 29 June 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Caroline Bouakaze, Franklin Delehelle, Nancy Saenz-Oyhéréguy, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Andreia Moreira, Myriam Croze, Solène Delon, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Morgane Gibert, Louis Bujan, Eric Huyghe, Gil Bellis, Rosario Calderon, Candela Lucia Hernández, Efren Avendaño-Tamayo, Gabriel Bedoya, Antonio Salas, Stéphane Mazières, Jacques Charioni, Florence Migot-Nabias (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - June 30, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

The Y-chromosomal haplotype and haplogroup distribution of modern Switzerland still reflects the alpine divide as a geographical barrier for human migration
Publication date: Available online 21 June 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Martin Zieger, Silvia Utz (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - June 22, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research