Bone and teeth can often be the only, or the best, biological materials available as DNA
sources for the identification of decomposed or skeletal human remains. While these hard …

Bone cells are a suitable substrate for DNA analysis if required to identify the person from
whom a sample was taken. Osteocytes, the most abundant cell type in bone, are embedded …

The aim of this study was to develop an extraction protocol for bone samples based on ZR
Genomic DNA Tissue MicroPrep kit and perform a quantitative comparison with the existing …

Since its discovery in 1985 by Alec Jeffreys, forensic DNA profiling has emerged as an
immensely powerful technology. In this chapter, the development of genetic approaches to …

Cleaning the surface of bone samples is a necessary step to remove contaminants prior to
isolating DNA for forensic DNA analysis. In this study, a simple trypsin method for cleaning …

Improvements to analytical methods have made it possible for highly discriminative
genotypic information to be gleaned from smaller and smaller amounts of sample material. is …

Este trabalho pretende constituir um contributo para a melhor compreensão da Genética
Forense por parte de quem deseje iniciar-se ou aprofundar os seus conhecimentos nesta …

The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) endeavors to secure the
cooperation of governments and other authorities in locating and identifying persons …

One of the very first applications of genetic identity markers was to establish biological
connections for an immigration case. Several decades later, the use of forensic DNA to …

To investigate the microbial community in the marine environment by molecular approaches,
it is important to extract DNA in sufficient quantity and purity. The presence of inhibitors in the …