Abstract The National Academy of Medicine has long advocated for a “learning healthcare
system” that produces constantly updated reference data during the care process. Moving …

The analysis of DNA from biological evidence recovered in the course of criminal
investigations can provide very powerful evidence when a recovered profile matches one …

Investigative genetic genealogy has rapidly emerged as a highly effective tool for using DNA
to determine the identity of unknown individuals (unidentified remains or perpetrators) …

In the last year direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic genealogy databases have been used to
identify suspects and missing persons in over fifty cold cases, many of which have been …

Although the explosive growth of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has moderated, a
substantial number of patients are choosing to undergo genetic testing outside the purview …

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, genomic sequencing has
become a prominent tool used by diverse disciplines in modern science. In the past 20 …

A case study will be used to examine specific issues of bioethics and forensic science that
occur in forensic investigative genealogical searching, which include genetic privacy …

There are several indirect database searching approaches to identify the potential source of
a forensic biological sample. These DNA‐based approaches are familial searching, Y‐STR …

In the past few years, cases with DNA evidence that could not be solved with direct matches
in DNA databases have benefited from comparing single-nucleotide polymorphism data with …

Genetic genealogy provides crucial insights into the complex biological relationships within
contemporary and ancient human populations by analyzing shared alleles and …