The forensic use of the human Y chromosome started about 50 years ago for the purpose of
paternity testing, 40 years for male sex determination, 30 years for male lineage …

The male specificity of the human Y chromosome makes it potentially useful in forensic
studies and paternity testing, and markers are now available which will allow its usefulness …

The growing interest of contemporary biology in the human Y chromosome (Hammer 1995;
Jobling and Tyler-Smith 1995) has extended to forensic circles. This trend emerges from a …

Human Y chromosome polymorphisms are increasingly interesting, not only for population
genetics or evolutionary studies but also for forensics. The state of the art on this subject is …

Originally relatively ignored in forensic investigations because its genetic analysis lacks
inference of individual identification, the value of Y chromosome analysis has been proven …

The human Y chromosome is strictly paternally inherited and, in most of its length, does not
recombine during male meiosis. These features make the Y a very useful genetic marker for …

Analysis of the human Y chromosome in forensics has three main applications: male sex
identification, male lineage identification and identification of the geographical origin of male …

The male-specific part of the human Y chromosome is widely used in forensic DNA analysis,
particularly in cases where standard autosomal DNA profiling is not informative. A Y …

Nowadays, the use of Y-chromosome polymorphisms forms an essential part of many
forensic DNA investigations. However, this was not always the case. Only since 1992 have …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the human Y chromosome male-specific
polymorphisms and forensic genetics. The Y chromosome is one of the smallest human …