BACKGROUND: Traditionally, transfusion medicine, platelet and human leukocyte antigen
(HLA) typing, and forensic medicine relied on serologic studies. METHODS: In recent years …

Designed as an accessible introduction to basic scientific principles and their application in
professional practice, Forensic Biology provides a concise overview of the field. Focusing …

PCR is an important and powerful tool in several fields, including clinical diagnostics, food
analysis, and forensic analysis. In theory, PCR enables the detection of one single cell or …

This applications review aims to present a concise survey of articles appearing in
publications that primarily appeal to forensic practitioners. With this objective, we have …

Real‐time PCR analysis is a sensitive template DNA quantitation strategy that has recently
gained considerable attention in the forensic community. However, the utility of real‐time …

The forensic analysis of body fluids has made great strides in recent years. Body fluids can
easily be identified, and DNA analysis can be used to link a stain found at a crime scene to a …

Sažetak Many morphologic characteristics and metric methods have been employed for sex
determination. If there are only skulls or fragmented jaws available, identification of sex is …

Abstract The Quantifiler™ Human DNA Quantification Kit and the Quantifiler™ Y Human
Male DNA Quantification Kit were designed for the quantification of human genomic DNA in …

Aim To investigate the dose-response effect of humic acid (HA) on the quantitative real time
polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) inhibition and the efficiency of Taq polymerase …

Sex identification in ancient human remains is a common problem especially if the skeletons
are sub-adult, incomplete or damaged. In this paper we propose a new method to identify …