Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 6, No. 1

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Development of a rapid, 96-well alkaline based differential DNA extraction method for sexual assault evidence
January 2012(Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 1-16)

A stochastic model of the processes in PCR based amplification of STR DNA in forensic applications
January 2012(Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 17-25)

Cell free DNA as a component of forensic evidence recovered from touched surfaces
January 2012(Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 26-30)

Addendum to expanding the CODIS core loci in the United States
01 February 2012
Douglas R. Hares
An important objective in proposing new CODIS core loci is to ensure that all loci would be available for all potential manufacturers. During the evaluation process, appropriate steps were taken to do...
An investigation of admixture in an Australian Aboriginal Y-chromosome STR database
01 February 2012
Duncan Taylor, Nano Nagle, Kaye N. Ballantyne, Roland A.H. van Oorschot, Stephen Wilcox, Julianne Henry, Rust Turakulov, R. John Mitchell
Abstract: Y-chromosome specific STR profiling is increasingly used in forensic casework. However, the strong geographic clustering of Y haplogroups can lead to large differences in Y-STR haplotype fre...
Mitochondrial DNA control region variation in an autochthonous Basque population sample from the Basque Country
25 January 2012
Sergio Cardoso, María Jesús Villanueva-Millán, Laura Valverde, Adrian Odriozola, Jose M. Aznar, Sergio Piñeiro-Hermida, Marian M. de Pancorbo
Abstract: Mitochondrial control region (16024–576) sequences were generated from 106 samples from autochthonous Basques from the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. It is especially important ...
Indel markers: Genetic diversity of 38 polymorphisms in Brazilian populations and application in a paternity investigation with post mortem material
25 January 2012
Fernanda Manta, Alexandre Caiafa, Rui Pereira, Dayse Silva, António Amorim, Elizeu F. Carvalho, Leonor Gusmão
Abstract: Aiming to evaluate the usefulness of 38 non-coding bi-allelic autosomal indels in genetic identification and kinship testing, three Brazilian population samples were studied: two from Rio de...
Human tissue preservation for disaster victim identification (DVI) in tropical climates
24 January 2012
A. Allen-Hall, D. McNevin
Abstract: Disaster victim identification (DVI) poses unique challenges for forensic personnel. Typical scenarios may involve many bodies or body parts to identify in remote locations with limited acce...

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