Special Issue “Forensic Genetics and Genomics”

Transitioning from Forensic Genetics to Forensic Genomics

Due to its support of law enforcement, forensics is a conservative field; nevertheless, driven by scientific and technological progress, forensic genetics is slowly transitioning into forensic genomics. With this Special Issue of Genes we acknowledge and appreciate this rather recent development by not only introducing the field of forensics to the wider community of geneticists, but we do so b...

Introduction to the Special Issue on Forensic Genetics: Non-Human DNA

Forensic Genetics is now recognized as an example to follow by the sister forensic disciplines [1]. The growth and success of Forensic Genetics has been amply demonstrated employing biological material of human origin. Extension to the forensic examination of non-human DNA lagged behind, but it is now intensively researched and has already provided spectacular and innovative results. This growt...

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Publishing structural genomics results continued: the SSGCID Special Issue

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography (HZBMX), Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany, and PO Box 6395, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-0395, USA Over the past decade, structural genomics (SG) initiatives have provided a large number of new macromolecular structures. A conservative estimate based on data from the Structural Biology Knowledgeba...

Publishing structural genomics results: the JCSG Special Issue

In the last decade we have witnessed the advent of structural genomics initiatives around the world. While traditional hypothesis-driven research continues to produce a wealth of new macromolecular structures, the contribution of structural genomics structures to the Protein Data Bank (PDB) has become ever more important. For example, the USA-based Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) alone has d...