Tooth enamel is the outer covering of tooth crowns, the hardest material in the mammalian
body, yet fracture resistant. The extremely high content of 95 wt% calcium phosphate in …

Frontiers | Hybrid Capture-Based Next Generation Sequencing and Its Application to Human
Infectious Diseases Skip to main content Top bar navigation Frontiers in Microbiology About us …

Fungal decomposition of soil organic matter depends on soil nitrogen (N) availability. This
ecosystem process is being jeopardized by changes in N inputs that have resulted from a …

Amelogenin genes are located on both X and Y sex chromosomes in humans and are a
major focus of DNA-based sex estimation methods. Amelogenin proteins, AMELX_HUMAN …

Research on ancient and forensic DNA is related in many ways, and the two fields must deal
with similar obstacles. Therefore, communication between these two communities has the …

Background Recent advances in sequencing have facilitated large-scale analyses of the
metagenomic composition of different samples, including the environmental microbiome of …

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 …

This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in biological sciences from 2016 to
2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium …

The estimation of sex from osteological and dental records has long been an
interdisciplinary field of dentistry, forensic medicine and anthropology alike, as it concerns …

While shed hairs are one of the most commonly encountered evidence types, they are
among the most limited in terms of DNA quantity and quality. As a result, nuclear DNA short …