DNA fingerprinting, one of the great discoveries of the late 20th century, has revolutionized
forensic investigations. This review briefly recapitulates 30 years of progress in forensic DNA …

Many mass disasters result in loss of lives. Law enforcement and/or public safety and health
officials often have the responsibility for identifying the human remains found at the scene …

In the past 5 years, there has been a substantial increase in the use of Y‐short tandem
repeat loci (Y‐STRs) in forensic laboratories, especially in cases where typing autosomal …

Father–son pairs from three populations (African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic) of
Texas were typed for the 17 Y STR markers DYS19, DYS385, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390 …

A total of 2443 male individuals, previously typed for the 13 CODIS STR loci, distributed
across the five North American population groups African American, Asian, Caucasian …

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 …

Bi-parentally inherited short tandem repeat polymorphisms have been routinely used in
human identity testing for about 25 years. More recently, the analysis of uni-parentally …

Null alleles can occur with any PCR-based STR typing system. They generally are due to
deletions within the target region or primer binding sites or by primer binding site mutations …

Abstract A Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) developmental
validation study was carried out on two Y-STR multiplex systems (MPI and MPII) that …

Y chromosome STR loci are used in forensics primarily for identification purposes by
determining the male lineages. The Henan province in China has established a large Y …