September 2012

Editorial Board
Published in issue: September 2012
CO2

Research Articles

Competition for DNA binding sites using Promega DNA IQ™ paramagnetic beads
• Chantal J. Frégeau,
• Anick De Moors
Published online: January 20, 2012
p511-522

Performance of two 17 locus forensic identification STR kits—Applied Biosystems's AmpFℓSTR^® NGMSElect™ and Promega's PowerPlex^® ESI17 kits
• Torben Tvedebrink,
• Helle Smidt Mogensen,
• Maria Charlotte Stene,
• Niels Morling
Published online: January 24, 2012
p523-531

An investigation of admixture in an Australian Aboriginal Y-chromosome STR database
• Duncan Taylor,
• Nano Nagle,
• Kaye N. Ballantyne,
• ...
• Julianne Henry,
• Rust Turakulov,
• R. John Mitchell
Published online: February 01, 2012
p532-538

Establishing a novel automated magnetic bead-based method for the extraction of DNA from a variety of forensic samples
• Sebastian Witt,
• Jan Neumann,
• Holger Zierdt,
• Gabriella Gébel,
• Christiane Röscheisen
Published online: February 10, 2012
p539-547

Specific and sensitive mRNA biomarkers for the identification of skin in ‘touch DNA’ evidence
• E. Hanson,
• C. Haas,
• R. Jucker,
• J. Ballantyne
Published online: February 10, 2012
p548-558

Molecular identification of vaginal fluid by microbial signature
• Saverio Giampaoli,
• Andrea Berti,
• Federica Valeriani,
• ...
• Alessio Valentini,
• Luigi Ripani,
• Vincenzo Romano Spica
Published online: February 27, 2012
p559-564

A multiplex (m)RNA-profiling system for the forensic identification of body fluids and contact traces
• Alexander Lindenbergh,
• Mirjam de Pagter,
• Geeta Ramdayal,
• ...
• Dmitry Zubakov,
• Manfred Kayser,
• Titia Sijen
Published online: February 24, 2012
p565-577

Characterization of a modified amplification approach for improved STR recovery from severely degraded skeletal elements
• Jodi A. Irwin,
• Rebecca S. Just,
• Odile M. Loreille,
• Thomas J. Parsons
Published online: March 09, 2012
p578-587

Automating a combined composite–consensus method to generate DNA profiles from low and high template mixture samples
• Bram Bekaert,
• Anneleen Van Geystelen,
• Nancy Vanderheyden,
• Maarten H.D. Larmuseau,
• Ronny Decorte
Published online: March 06, 2012
p588-593

Automated analysis of sequence polymorphism in STR alleles by PCR and direct electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
• John V. Planz,
• Kristen A. Sannes-Lowery,
• David D. Duncan,
• ...
• Ranajit Chakraborty,
• Steven A. Hofstadler,
• Thomas A. Hall
Published online: March 09, 2012
p594-606

An enzyme-based DNA preparation method for application to forensic biological samples and degraded stains
• Jenny A. Lounsbury,
• Natalie Coult,
• Daniel C. Miranian,
• ...
• Paul Kinnon,
• David J. Saul,
• James P. Landers
Published online: March 29, 2012
p607-615

FamLink – A user friendly software for linkage calculations in family genetics
• Daniel Kling,
• Thore Egeland,
• Andreas O. Tillmar
Published online: March 05, 2012
p616-620

Performance of Identifiler Direct and PowerPlex 16 HS on the Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer for processing biological samples archived on FTA cards
• Nancy Laurin,
• Anick DeMoors,
• Chantal Frégeau
Published online: March 09, 2012
p621-629

Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms within the mtDNA genome of the domestic dog to discriminate individuals with common HVI haplotypes
• Donna L. Imes,
• Elizabeth J. Wictum,
• Marc W. Allard,
• Benjamin N. Sacks
Published online: March 21, 2012
p630-639

Evaluation and comparative analysis of direct amplification of STRs using PowerPlex^® 18D and Identifiler^® Direct systems
• Blake A. Myers,
• Jonathan L. King,
• Bruce Budowle
Published online: March 14, 2012
p640-645

Expanding data and resources for forensic use of SNPs in individual identification
• Kenneth K. Kidd,
• Judith R. Kidd,
• William C. Speed,
• ...
• Manohar R. Furtado,
• F.C.L. Hyland,
• Andrew J. Pakstis
Published online: March 26, 2012
p646-652

Short Communications

Human tissue preservation for disaster victim identification (DVI) in tropical climates
• A. Allen-Hall,
• D. McNevin
Published online: January 24, 2012
p653-657

Indel markers: Genetic diversity of 38 polymorphisms in Brazilian populations and application in a paternity investigation with post mortem material
• Fernanda Manta,
• Alexandre Caiafa,
• Rui Pereira,
• ...
• António Amorim,
• Elizeu F. Carvalho,
• Leonor Gusmão
Published online: January 25, 2012
p658-661
Mitochondrial DNA control region data from indigenous Angolan Khoe-San lineages
• Liane Fendt,
• Gabriela Huber,
• Alexander W. Röck,
• ...
• Rhena Delport,
• Konrad Schmidt,
• Walther Parson
Published online: March 21, 2012
p662-663

Case Reports

Application of STR markers in wildlife forensic casework involving Australian black-cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.)
• Nicole E. White,
• Rick Dawson,
• Megan L. Coghlan,
• ...
• Peter R. Mawson,
• James Haile,
• Michael Bunce
Published online: November 21, 2011
p664-670

Conservation of endemic and threatened wildlife: Molecular forensic DNA against poaching of the Cypriot mouflon (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae)
• Filippo Barbanera,
• Monica Guerrini,
• Caterina Beccani,
• Giovanni Forcina,
• Petros Anayiotos,
• Panicos Panayides
Published online: January 09, 2012
p671-675

Letters to the Editor

Genome deletion and insertion polymorphisms (DIPs) in the Hungarian population
• Zoltán Kis,
• Andrea Zalán,
• Antónia Völgyi,
• Zsolt Kozma,
• Lajos Domján,
• Horolma Pamjav
Published online: October 19, 2011
e125-e126

Population data of the AmpFISTR^® NGM™ STR loci in a North of Portugal sample
• M.L. Pontes,
• M.F. Pinheiro
Published online: October 17, 2011
e127-e128

How to distinguish genetically between an alleged father and his monozygotic twin: A thought experiment
• Michael Krawczak,
• David N. Cooper,
• Fred Fändrich,
• Wolfgang Engel,
• Jörg Schmidtke
Published online: December 16, 2011
e129-e130

Sequence variation of mitochondrial DNA control region in North Central Venezuela
• D. Castro de Guerra,
• C. Figuera Pérez,
• C.M. Bravi,
• ...
• J. Irwin,
• M.D. Coble,
• A. Rodríguez-Larralde
Published online: December 21, 2011
e131-e133

Population genetic data for 16 STR loci (PowerPlex ESX-17 kit) in El Salvador
• J.C. Monterrosa,
• J. Morales,
• I. Yurrebaso,
• O. García
Published online: January 16, 2012
e134

Addendum to expanding the CODIS core loci in the United States
• Douglas R. Hares
Published online: February 01, 2012
e135

Allele frequencies of 15 STR loci using AmpF/STR Identifiler kit in the Maldivian population
• Ihthisham Ali,
• Aishath Rasheed,
• Madhih Mohamed Saleem,
• ...
• Ali Nasih,
• Mohamed Eeman,
• Hussain Sameer
Published online: March 05, 2012
e136

Distribution of allele frequencies of 20 STRs loci in a population sample from Calabria, Southern Italy
• Anna Barbaro,
• Chris Phillips,
• Luis Fernandez Formoso,
• Maria Victoria Lareu,
• Ángel Carracedo
Published online: March 19, 2012
e137-e138

Genetic analysis of the 11 X-STR loci in Uigur population from China
• Chengtao Li,
• Jing Xu,
• Shumin Zhao,
• Suhua Zhang,
• Teng Ma,
• Ziqin Zhao,
• Yajun Yang,
• Li Jin,
• Shilin Li
Published online: March 21, 2012
e139-e140

Erratum: Specific and sensitive mRNA biomarkers for the identification of skin in ‘touch DNA’ evidence
• E. Hanson,
• C. Haas,
• R. Jucker,
• J. Ballantyne
Published online: March 29, 2012
e141

Forensic Population Genetics - Short Communications

Analysis of the SNPforID 52-plex markers in four Native American populations from Venezuela
• Y. Ruiz,
• M.A. Chiurillo,
• L. Borjas,
• C. Phillips,
• M.V. Lareu,
• Á. Carracedo
Published online: March 29, 2012
e142-e145


Population genetic data for 10 X-STR loci in autochthonous Basques from Navarre (Spain)
• María José Illescas,
• Alba Pérez,
• José María Aznar,
• ...
• Sergio Cardoso,
• Jaime Algorta,
• Marian M. de Pancorbo
Published online: April 02, 2012
e146-e148

Forensic Population Genetics - Letters to the Editor

Allele frequencies of 20 STRs from Northwest Spain (Galicia)
• L. Fernandez-Formoso,
• C. Phillips,
• A. Rodriguez,
• R. Calvo,
• A. Barbaro,
• M.V. Lareu,
• Á. Carracedo
Published online: March 19, 2012
e149-e150

Genetic polymorphism of 17 STR loci in Chinese population from Hunan province in Central south China
• Yun-feng Chang,
• Ji-fang Wen,
• Li Yang,
• Ji-feng Cai,
• Sanaa Mohamed Aly,
• Qin-lai Liu,
• Ya-dong Guo,
• Yan Gu
Published online: March 28, 2012
e151-e153