With recent advances in molecular biology and genetics, cohorts such as the National
Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (NAS-NRC) Twin Registry may become of …

Discriminating between monozygotic twins (MZ) remains a challenge in the field of forensics
globally. It is very difficult to find sequence variants within MZ twins, despite using ultra-deep …

At least in principle, most instances of complex kinship testing can be reduced to pairwise
kinship cases involving two critical family members that either link or separate presumed sub …

Modern DNA profiling techniques have increased in sensitivity allowing for higher success
in producing a DNA profile from limited evidence sources. However, this can lead to the …

Twin registers are wonderful research resources for research applications in medical and
behavioral genetics, epidemiology, psychology, molecular genetics, and other areas of …

Despite the high power of discrimination that characterizes the well identified 16 to 24
autosomal short tandem repeat markers, monozygotic twins differentiation is generally …

Whilst DNA profiling is an extremely powerful human identification tool, it is limited when it
comes to monozygotic (MZ) or identical twins, where in such cases they would exhibit the …

Genetic genealogy has been used in medical research since 2000, however, its use in field
of criminal investigation is recent. Forensic genetic genealogy has helped in identifying the …

The strategy of an STR and SNP combined system has been suggested to reduce the costs
and procedures of genotyping and shows great value in kinship testing. In this study, in …

A quadruplex system for determining the genetic profile of an individual at four short tandem
repeat (STR) loci has recently been introduced into forensic casework by the Forensic …