Forensic DNA Phenotyping refers to the prediction of appearance traits of unknown sample
donors, or unknown deceased (missing) persons, directly from biological materials found at …

With the great strides made in the last ten years in the understanding of human population
variation and the detailed characterization of the genome, it is now possible to identify sets …

DNA profiling and databasing technologies have become integral to criminal justice
practices in many countries, and their reliability is now rarely challenged. However, a new …

Numerous major advances have been made in forensic genetics over the past decade. One
recent field of research has been focused on the analysis of External Visible Characteristics …

In anticipation of offering phenotypic and biogeographical ancestry predictions to help
resolve cases, the Verogen ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep kit/Primer Mix B was evaluated …

In recent decades, the use of genetic polymorphisms related to specific phenotypes, such as
eye color, has greatly contributed to the development of the research field called forensic …

In the forensic field, ancestry‐informative markers (AIMs) showing remarkable allele
frequency discrepancies can be useful in deducing the likely ancestral origin of a person or …

New and emerging forensic genetics technologies offer significant insight into personal
information, changing the way that policing and criminal justice uses of such technologies …

Inferring ancestry and physical characteristics of an unknown individual can contribute to the
direction of the investigation and to clarify the event for unknown contributors, cold cases or …

Human pigmentation is a complex trait, probably involving more than 100 genes. Predicting
phenotypes using SNPs present in those genes is important for forensic purpose. For this …