The year 2014 saw more than a thousand new mitochondrial genome sequences deposited
in GenBank—an almost 15% increase from the previous year. Hundreds of peer-reviewed …

The field of forensic genetics has made great strides in the analysis of biological evidence
related to criminal and civil matters. More so, the discipline has set a standard of …

For human identification purposes, forensic genetics has primarily relied upon a core set of
autosomal (and to a lesser extent Y chromosome) short tandem repeat (STR) markers that …

The mitochondrial genome has a number of characteristics that provide useful information to
forensic investigations. Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) technologies offer …

Whole mitochondrial (mt) genome analysis enables a considerable increase in analysis
throughput, and improves the discriminatory power to the maximum possible phylogenetic …

STRait Razor has provided the forensic community a free-to-use, open-source tool for short
tandem repeat (STR) analysis of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) data. STRait Razor …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) facilitates the rapid and high-throughput generation of
human mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) data to build population and reference …

Massively parallel sequencing offers a fast and cost‐effective method for sequencing of the
whole mtDNA genome. The Precision ID mtDNA Whole Genome Panel amplifies the entire …

Aim To perform a blind study to assess the capability of the Ion Personal Genome
Machine®(PGM™) system to sequence forensically relevant genetic marker panels and to …

Mitochondrial DNA is a useful marker for population studies, human identification, and
forensic analysis. Commonly used hypervariable regions I and II (HVI/HVII) were reported to …