Recent progress, methods and perspectives in forensic epigenetics

A Vidaki, M Kayser - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2018 - Elsevier
Forensic epigenetics, ie, investigating epigenetics variation to resolve forensically relevant
questions unanswerable with standard forensic DNA profiling has been gaining substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in Forensic DNA Phenotyping of appearance, ancestry and age

M Kayser, W Branicki, W Parson, C Phillips - Forensic Science International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Forensic DNA Phenotyping (FDP) comprises the prediction of a person's externally
visible characteristics regarding appearance, biogeographic ancestry and age from DNA of …

[HTML][HTML] Development of the VISAGE enhanced tool and statistical models for epigenetic age estimation in blood, buccal cells and bones

A Woźniak, A Heidegger, D Piniewska-Róg… - Aging (Albany …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA methylation is known as a biomarker for age with applications in forensics. Here we
describe the VISAGE (VISible Attributes through GEnomics) Consortium's enhanced tool for …

DNA methylation-based age prediction using massively parallel sequencing data and multiple machine learning models

A Aliferi, D Ballard, MD Gallidabino, H Thurtle… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The field of DNA intelligence focuses on retrieving information from DNA evidence that can
help narrow down large groups of suspects or define target groups of interest. With recent …

[HTML][HTML] A common epigenetic clock from childhood to old age

A Freire-Aradas, L Girón-Santamaría… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forensic age estimation is a DNA intelligence tool that forms an important part of Forensic
DNA Phenotyping. Criminal cases with no suspects or with unsuccessful matches in …

An ELOVL2-based epigenetic clock for forensic age prediction: a systematic review

E Paparazzo, V Lagani, S Geracitano… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The prediction of chronological age from methylation-based biomarkers represents one of
the most promising applications in the field of forensic sciences. Age-prediction models …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation profile is a quantitative measure of biological aging in children

X Wu, W Chen, F Lin, Q Huang, J Zhong, H Gao… - Aging (Albany …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA methylation changes within the genome can be used to predict human age. However,
the existing biological age prediction models based on DNA methylation are predominantly …

DNA methylation levels and telomere length in human teeth: usefulness for age estimation

AB Márquez-Ruiz, L González-Herrera… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
In the last decade, increasing knowledge of epigenetics has led to the development of DNA
methylation-based models to predict age, which have shown high predictive accuracy …

Forensic DNA analysis

BR McCord, Q Gauthier, S Cho, MN Roig… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This Review focuses on recent developments in forensic DNA typing. It highlights important
recent advances and issues in forensic human identification and identifies representative …

A collaborative exercise on DNA methylation-based age prediction and body fluid typing

JE Lee, JM Lee, J Naue, J Fleckhaus… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
DNA methylation has become one of the most useful biomarkers for age prediction and body
fluid identification in the forensic field. Therefore, several assays have been developed to …