Recent advances in forensic biology and forensic DNA typing: INTERPOL review 2019–2022

JM Butler - Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in biological sciences from 2019 to
2022 as a part of the 20th INTERPOL International Forensic Science Managers Symposium …

Computational analysis of human skeletal remains in ancient DNA and forensic genetics

A Childebayeva, EI Zavala - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Degraded DNA is used to answer questions in the fields of ancient DNA (aDNA) and
forensic genetics. While aDNA studies typically center around human evolution and past …

Mitochondrial DNA is a target of HBV integration

D Giosa, D Lombardo, C Musolino, V Chines… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) may integrate into the genome of infected cells and contribute to
hepatocarcinogenesis. However, the role of HBV integration in hepatocellular carcinoma …

Somatic nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertions are prevalent in the human brain and accumulate over time in fibroblasts

W Zhou, KR Karan, W Gu, HU Klein, G Sturm… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genomes of eukaryotes (Numts) has
been linked to lifespan in nonhuman species and recently demonstrated to occur in rare …

Mitochondrial point heteroplasmy: insights from deep-sequencing of human replicate samples

M Korolija, V Sukser, K Vlahoviček - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Human mitochondrial heteroplasmy is an extensively investigated
phenomenon in the context of medical diagnostics, forensic identification and molecular …

No evidence of DUI in the Mediterranean alien species Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fisher, 1870) despite mitochondrial heteroplasmy

M Lubośny, B Śmietanka, M Arculeo, A Burzyński - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Two genetically different mitochondrial haplogroups of Brachidontes pharaonis (p-distance
6.8%) have been identified in the Mediterranean Sea. This hinted at a possible presence of …

Population genomics of the muskox'resilience in the near absence of genetic variation

P Pečnerová, E Lord, G Garcia‐Erill… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic studies of species threatened by extinction are providing crucial information about
evolutionary mechanisms and genetic consequences of population declines and …

From forensics to clinical research: Expanding the variant calling pipeline for the precision ID mtDNA whole genome panel

F Cortes-Figueiredo, FS Carvalho, AC Fonseca… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite a multitude of methods for the sample preparation, sequencing, and data analysis of
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), the demand for innovation remains, particularly in comparison …

Mitogenome sequences of domestic cats demonstrate lineage expansions and dynamic mutation processes in a mitochondrial minisatellite

EC Patterson, GM Lall, R Neumann, B Ottolini, C Batini… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background As a population genetic tool, mitochondrial DNA is commonly divided into the~
1-kb control region (CR), in which single nucleotide variant (SNV) diversity is relatively high …

The time is now for ubiquitous forensic mtMPS analysis

LC Canale, W Parson… - … Reviews: Forensic Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequence analysis is useful for assessing ancestral origin and
migration, identifying human remains, and examining evidentiary material in forensic …