Forensic DNA typing and subsequent molecular methods of sex determination in humans
have been proven to be an imperious tool to criminal justice system. In current practice, most …

Designed as an accessible introduction to basic scientific principles and their application in
professional practice, Forensic Biology provides a concise overview of the field. Focusing …

Regularly, STR results obtained with different PCR amplification kits are compared, for
instance with old cases, when revisiting cold cases or when addressing cross-border crimes …

Background Sex determination can be useful in forensic casework, such as in mass
disasters, transportation accidents, and cases of a missing person or sexual assault. The …

The ability to determine the sex of an individual based on DNA evidence can be crucial in
instances such as identification of victims of mass disaster, missing persons investigations …

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a group of inherited conditions featuring isolated enamel
malformations. About 5% of AI cases show an X-linked pattern of inheritance, which are …

Sex determination is important in archeology and anthropology for the study of past
societies, cultures, and human activities. Sex determination is also one of the most important …

Knowledge about mutability of forensically used Y-chromosomal STRs (Y-STRs) is relevant
for interpreting near-matches of Y-STR profiles in criminal as well as paternity casework …

As part of the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, we published a Registered Report (Li
et al., 2015), that described how we intended to replicate selected experiments from the …

Study of gender markers is a part of routine forensic genetic examination of crime scene and
reference samples, paternity testing and personal identification. Amelogenin locus as a …