STR allele sequence variation: current knowledge and future issues

KB Gettings, RA Aponte, PM Vallone… - Forensic Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article reviews what is currently known about short tandem repeat (STR) allelic
sequence variation in and around the twenty-four loci most commonly used throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial DNA in human identification: a review

A Amorim, T Fernandes, N Taveira - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) presents several characteristics useful for forensic studies,
especially related to the lack of recombination, to a high copy number, and to matrilineal …

Massively parallel sequencing of forensic STRs: considerations of the DNA commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) on minimal …

W Parson, D Ballard, B Budowle, JM Butler… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) is reviewing
factors that need to be considered ahead of the adoption by the forensic community of short …

Recommendations of the DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) on quality control of autosomal Short Tandem Repeat allele …

M Bodner, I Bastisch, JM Butler, R Fimmers… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The statistical evaluation of autosomal Short Tandem Repeat (STR) genotypes is based on
allele frequencies. These are empirically determined from sets of randomly selected human …

Massively parallel sequencing of forensic STRs and SNPs using the Illumina® ForenSeq™ DNA signature prep kit on the MiSeq FGx™ forensic genomics system

F Guo, J Yu, L Zhang, J Li - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit (ForenSeq Kit) is designed to detect more
than 200 forensically relevant markers in a single reaction on the MiSeq FGx™ Forensic …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the emerging field of massively parallel sequencing

RS Just, JA Irwin, W Parson - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2015 - Elsevier
Long an important and useful tool in forensic genetic investigations, mitochondrial DNA
(mtDNA) typing continues to mature. Research in the last few years has demonstrated both …

[HTML][HTML] Forensic proteomics

GJ Parker, HE McKiernan, KM Legg… - Forensic Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein is a major component of all biological evidence, often the matrix that embeds other
biomolecules such as polynucleotides, lipids, carbohydrates, and small molecules. The …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation database search algorithm for forensic mitogenome analyses

N Huber, W Parson, A Dür - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2018 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation is being reported relative to the corrected version of
the first sequenced human mitochondrial genome. A review of the existing literature across …

Evaluation of the precision ID whole MtDNA genome panel for forensic analyses

C Strobl, M Eduardoff, MM Bus, M Allen… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) amplification and Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS) using
an early access version of the Precision ID Whole MtDNA Genome Panel (Thermo Fisher …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of NGS for mitochondrial DNA casework at the FBI Laboratory

MD Brandhagen, RS Just, JA Irwin - Forensic Science International …, 2020 - Elsevier
As a first step towards integrating next generation sequencing (NGS) technology into the FBI
Laboratory's operational casework, the PowerSeq™ CRM Nested System, an NGS-based …