In cases of mass disaster, there is often a need for managing, analyzing, and comparing
large numbers of biological samples and DNA profiles. This requires the use of laboratory …

As we continually reflect on the wars of the 20th century, identification of the remains of
victims takes an increasingly prominent position in ongoing research. Existing work on the …

Sex determination can be particularly crucial in forensic casework such as rape cases or
cases of missing persons. Biological traces have to be genetically typed and the …

Prenatal paternity analysis can be performed only after invasive sampling of chorionic villi or
amnionic fluid. Aiming to enable noninvasive paternity testing, we attempted to amplify fetal …

The accurate determination of age at death is a critical component in the analysis of human
skeletal remains. Population specific techniques are often used without due consideration of …

The identification process of human skeletal remains exhumed from a mass grave from the
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) is presented. Information regarding the presumptive location …

DNA‐based analysis is integral to missing person identification cases. When direct
references are not available, indirect relative references can be used to identify missing …

Nowadays, more and more paternity cases are carried out investigating only child and
putative father, mostly for economical or private reasons. Usually, reliable results can be …

The need to identify large numbers of missing people from mass disasters, armed conflicts,
and human rights abuses has become increasingly prevalent. DNA methods for disaster …

Paternity testing involving close relatives is facing challenges in the field of forensic
genetics. Microhaplotype has been proposed as a promising genetic marker for their low …