Forensic genetics and genomics: Much more than just a human affair

M Arenas, F Pereira, M Oliveira, N Pinto… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
While traditional forensic genetics has been oriented towards using human DNA in criminal
investigation and civil court cases, it currently presents a much wider application range …

Using plants in forensics: state-of-the-art and prospects

M Oliveira, L Azevedo, D Ballard, W Branicki, A Amorim - Plant Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing use of plant evidence in forensic investigations gave rise to a powerful new
discipline-Forensic Botany–that analyses micro-or macroscopic plant materials, such as the …

Taphonomic bone staining and color changes in forensic contexts

TL Dupras, JJ Schultz - Manual of forensic taphonomy, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
A component of forensic skeletal analysis is to identify various postmortem modifications and
to reconstruct the depositional history of the remains. Describing any color changes …

Common and much less common scenarios in which botany is crucial for forensic pathologist and anthropologists: a series of eight case studies

M Caccianiga, G Caccia, D Mazzarelli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
It is commonly accepted that crime scene recovery and recording are key moments of any
judicial inspection in which investigators must decide on the correct strategies to put into …

RNA degradation as described by a mathematical model for postmortem interval determination

YH Lv, JL Ma, H Pan, H Zhang, WC Li, AM Xue… - Journal of forensic and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Precisely determining the postmortem interval (PMI) is crucial to civil, criminal and forensic
cases. A technique to exploit the postmortem RNA transcript level was developed to …

The temporal degradation of bone collagen: A histochemical approach

A Boaks, D Siwek, F Mortazavi - Forensic science international, 2014 - Elsevier
As forensic anthropologists are currently unable to estimate reliably and quantitatively the
postmortem interval (PMI) of skeletonized remains, the current study was conducted to …

Advances in entomological methods for death time estimation

MH Villet, J Amendt - Forensic pathology reviews, 2011 - Springer
The development of entomological methods for estimating the time of death has been rapid
in the last decade, and new methods are on the horizon. These developments are reviewed …

Forensic botany: who?, how?, where?, when?

I Kasprzyk - Science & Justice, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants are a good source of biological forensic evidence; this is due to their ubiquity, their
ability to collect reference material, and their sensitivity to environmental changes. However …

Antemortem trauma

E Cunha, J Pinheiro - Handbook of forensic anthropology and …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Antemortem traumatic injuries are those produced before death. The anthropological
analysis of skeletal trauma has a major benefit for forensic anthropology since bones retain …

Long-term study of pig carrion entomofauna

A Mądra, K Frątczak, A Grzywacz… - Forensic Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Long-term changes of carrion entomofauna are poorly understood. No single carrion study
lasted longer than one year. We studied entomofauna of large pig carcasses in the second …