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 …

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 …

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-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 …

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 …

This article reviews new genetic markers on the Y-chromosome and methods for analyzing
these short tandem repeat (STR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci. Relative …

Since the beginning of the nineties the field of forensic Y chromosome analysis has been
successfully developed to become commonplace in laboratories working in crime casework …

The Y chromosome is paternally inherited and therefore serves as an evolutionary marker of
patrilineal descent. Worldwide DNA variation within the non-recombining portion of the Y …

The continual discovery of new single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has led to an
increased resolution of the Y chromosome phylogeny. Some of these Y-SNPs have shown …

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of Y chromosome (Y-SNPs) are a class of markers of
interest in forensic investigations, because many of them show regional specificity, providing …