DNA transfer in forensic science: a review

RAH Van Oorschot, B Szkuta, GE Meakin… - Forensic Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the variables impacting DNA transfer, persistence, prevalence and recovery
(DNA-TPPR) has become increasingly relevant in investigations of criminal activities to …

Probabilistic genotyping software: an overview

MD Coble, JA Bright - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2019 - Elsevier
The interpretation of mixed profiles from DNA evidentiary material is one of the more
challenging duties of the forensic scientist. Traditionally, analysts have used a “binary” …

Developments in forensic DNA analysis

PR Haddrill - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The analysis of DNA from biological evidence recovered in the course of criminal
investigations can provide very powerful evidence when a recovered profile matches one …

Evaluation of forensic DNA mixture evidence: protocol for evaluation, interpretation, and statistical calculations using the combined probability of inclusion

FR Bieber, JS Buckleton, B Budowle, JM Butler… - BMC genetics, 2016 - Springer
Background The evaluation and interpretation of forensic DNA mixture evidence faces
greater interpretational challenges due to increasingly complex mixture evidence. Such …

DNA transfer in forensic science: recent progress towards meeting challenges

RAH van Oorschot, GE Meakin, B Kokshoorn, M Goray… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the factors that may impact the transfer, persistence, prevalence and
recovery of DNA (DNA-TPPR), and the availability of data to assign probabilities to DNA …

DNA commission of the International society for forensic genetics: Assessing the value of forensic biological evidence-Guidelines highlighting the importance of …

P Gill, T Hicks, JM Butler, E Connolly, L Gusmão… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The interpretation of evidence continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the
forensic community. This is the first of two papers intended to provide advice on difficult …

Past, present, and future of DNA typing for analyzing human and non-human forensic samples

D Jordan, DE Mills - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Forensic DNA analysis has vastly evolved since the first forensic samples were evaluated by
restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Methodologies advanced from gel …

Forensic molecular biomarkers for mixture analysis

F Oldoni, D Podini - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2019 - Elsevier
The deconvolution of DNA mixtures has gathered the attention of forensic DNA scientists for
over two decades. To enhance mixture deconvolution capabilities, a new generation of …

A large-scale dataset of single and mixed-source short tandem repeat profiles to inform human identification strategies: PROVEDIt

LE Alfonse, AD Garrett, DS Lun, KR Duffy… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
DNA-based human identity testing is conducted by comparison of PCR-amplified
polymorphic Short Tandem Repeat (STR) motifs from a known source with the STR profiles …

Identification and characterization of novel rapidly mutating Y‐chromosomal short tandem repeat markers

A Ralf, D Lubach, N Kousouri, C Winkler… - Human …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Short tandem repeat polymorphisms on the male‐specific part of the human Y‐chromosome
(Y‐STRs) are valuable tools in many areas of human genetics. Although their paternal …