Sherlock Holmes said “it has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely
the most important”, but never imagined that such a little thing, the DNA molecule, could …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) presents several characteristics useful for forensic studies,
especially related to the lack of recombination, to a high copy number, and to matrilineal …

Debate on the validity and reliability of scientific methods often arises in the courtroom.
When the government (ie, the prosecution) is the proponent of evidence, the defense is …

DNA evidence is widely used in the modern justice system. Statistical methodology plays a
key role in ensuring that this evidence is collected, interpreted, analysed and presented …

Insights into the human mitochondrial phylogeny have been primarily achieved by
sequencing full mitochondrial genomes (mtGenomes). In forensic genetics (partial) …

The use of non-human DNA typing in forensic science investigations, and specifically that
from animal DNA, is ever increasing. The term animal DNA in this document refers to animal …

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 …

This review presents the basic problems and currently available molecular techniques used
for genetic profiling in disaster victim identification (DVI). The environmental conditions of a …

We develop a flexible class of Metropolis–Hastings algorithms for drawing inferences about
population histories and mutation rates from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence data …

Forensic molecular genetics has evolved from a rapidly developing field with changing
technologies into a highly recognized and generally accepted forensic science, leading to …