Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Forensic Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seou...

Phillip Endicott, Juan J. Sanchez, and Ene Metspalu, Doron M. Behar, and Toomas Kivisild Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK Department of Forensic Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Tartu and Estonian Biocentre, Tartu S1010, Estonia Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Rambam Medical Centre,...

Forensic science is basically the determination of the human identity. With advances in science and technology and the availability of DNA profiling, it is possible now to determine the identity even in decomposed and mutilated bodies and even with parts of a body as trivial as a hair or a drop of a blood. Methods and materials: Short tandem repeat polymorphism (STRP) genotyping and single nucl...

Molecular phylogenetic analyses are frequently used in epidemiologic testing, although only occasionally in forensics. Their acceptability is hampered by a lack of statistical confidence in the conclusions. However, maximum likelihood testing provides a sound statistical framework for the testing of phylogenetic hypotheses relevant for forensic analysis. We present the results of applying this ...

The statistical interpretation of the forensic genetic evidence requires the use of allelic frequency estimates in the reference population for the studied markers. Differences in the genetic make up of the populations can be reflected in statistically different allelic frequency distributions. One can easily figure out that collecting such information for any given population is not always pos...

Background: Forensic dentistry plays a major role in the human identification, mainly in mass disasters situations. Forensic odontologist applies several techniques and correlates different parameters to establish an accurate scheme toward identification. Materials and Methods: A PubMed search was carried out for different parameters involved in human identification in forensic dentistry; the r...

Glossary Behavioral genetics The study of the contribution of genetics to behavior, the identification of genes involved, and the relationship between genes and environment. DNA profile A series of numbers recording the size of marker sections of DNA at particular points. Markers are repeated short sequences of DNA that vary in length between individuals. DNA profiles for forensic purposes may ...