Challenges with co-amplification of microbial DNA in interpretation of STR profiles obtained from human skeletal remains
Publication date: March 2021Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics, Volume 51Author(s): Lejla Smajlović-Skenderagić, Sejla Idrizbegović, Lejla Brkanić, Ana Bilić, René Huel, Thomas J Parsons (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - January 9, 2021 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

How many cells are required for successful DNA profiling?
Publication date: March 2021Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics, Volume 51Author(s): Piyamas Kanokwongnuwut, Belinda Martin, Duncan Taylor, K. Paul Kirkbride, Adrian Linacre (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - January 8, 2021 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Editorial Expression of Concern regarding “Analysis of 16 autosomal STR loci in Uyghur and Kazakh populations from Xinjiang, China” Volume 40, May 2019, e262-e263 by H.Simayijiang V.Pereira C. Børsting, N.Morling
Publication date: Available online 4 January 2021Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - January 5, 2021 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Editorial Expression of Concern regarding “Analysis of Uyghur and Kazakh populations using the Precision ID Ancestry Panel” Volume 43, November 2019, 102144 by H. Simayijiang, C. Børstinga, T. Tvedebrink, N. Morling
Publication date: Available online 4 January 2021Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - January 5, 2021 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Juror understanding of the weight of evidence presented as a likelihood ratio and the impact on the deliberative process: a response to Buckleton, et al.
Publication date: March 2021Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics, Volume 51Author(s): Bess Stiffelman (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - January 1, 2021 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

The effect of environmental conditions on the rate of RNA degradation in dried blood stains
Publication date: Available online 28 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Nicole Heneghan, Jun Fu, Jane Pritchard, Mark Payton, Robert W. Allen (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 29, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

A case of heteropaternal superfecundation identified by microhap sequencing of maternal plasma cell-free DNA: A case of HS identified by microhap sequencing
Publication date: March 2021Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics, Volume 51Author(s): Xueling Ou, Zhaochen Bai (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 27, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Comparison of bone demineralisation procedures for DNA recovery from burned remains
Publication date: March 2021Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics, Volume 51Author(s): Meghan Mckinnon, Denice Higgins (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 27, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Bio-inspired magnetic beads for isolation of sperm from heterogenous samples in forensic applications
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Fatih Inci, Merve Goksin Karaaslan, Rakhi Gupta, Anirudh Avadhani, Mehmet Giray Ogut, Ekin Erin Atila, George Duncan, Leonard Klevan, Utkan Demirci (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 26, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

The analogy between DNA kinship and DNA mixture evaluation, with applications for the interpretation of likelihood ratios produced by possibly imperfect models
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Klaas Slooten (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 26, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Reducing noise and stutter in short tandem repeat loci with unique molecular identifiers
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): August E. Woerner, Sammed Mandape, Jonathan L. King, Melissa Muenzler, Benjamin Crysup, Bruce Budowle (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 26, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Modeling the minus two base pair stutter ratio of the D1S1656 locus: A sequence-based mixture distribution model
Publication date: Available online 24 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Shota Inokuchi, Koji Fujii, Hiroaki Nakanishi, Aya Takada, Kazuyuki Saito, Natsuko Mizuno (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 25, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Response to Buckleton, J., et al, Likelihood Ratios in Forensic Science based on a critique of Stiffelman “No Longer the Gold Standard: Probabilistic Genotyping is Changing the Nature of DNA Evidence in Criminal Trials” Forensic Science International, 310 (2020), 110251
Publication date: Available online 24 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Bess Stiffelman (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 25, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Mapping the geographic origin of captive and confiscated Hermann’s tortoises: a genetic toolkit for conservation and forensic analyses
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Biello Roberto, Zampiglia Mauro, Corti Claudia, Deli Gianluca, Biaggini Marta, Crestanello Barbara, Delaugerre Michel, Di Tizio Luciano, Leonetti Francesco Luigi, Stefano Casari, Olivieri Oliviero, Pellegrino Francesco, Romano Antonio, Sperone Emilio, Hauffe Heidi Christine, Trabalza-Marinucci Massimo, Giorgio Bertorelle, Canestrelli Daniele (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 25, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Indirect DNA transfer without contact from dried biological materials on various surfaces
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2020Source: Forensic Science International: GeneticsAuthor(s): Devon Thornbury, Mariya Goray, Roland A.H. van Oorschot (Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics)
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics - December 25, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research