The magnitude of genetic diversity within human populations varies in a way that reflects the sequence of migrations by which people spread throughout the world. Beyond its use in human evolutionary genetics, worldwide variation in genetic diversity sometimes can interact with social processes to produce differences among populations in their relationship to modern societal problems. We review ...

www.cmj.hr Although the first official assembly of the International Society for Applied Biological Sciences (ISABS) was held in 2004, the Society had actually started with its activities in 1997 by organizing the international meeting in forensic and clinical genetics “First European-American Intensive Course in PCR Based Clinical and Forensic Testing.” In accordance with the Society’s mission...

A cautionary note on using binary calls for analysis of DNA methylation Agnieszka Prochenka*, Piotr Pokarowski, Piotr Gasperowicz, Joanna Kosińska, Piotr Stawiński, Renata Zbieć-Piekarska, Magdalena Spólnicka, Wojciech Branicki and Rafał Płoski* Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jana Kazimierza 5, Warsaw, Poland, Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of War...

Dermatoglyphics, coined by Cummins and Midlo in 1926, is a branch of genetics dealing with the skin ridge system. They have been studied for fortune telling by palmists and as a defi nitive and unalterable tool for identifi cation by forensic experts. From cradle to grave, until the body decomposes fi ngerprints remain unchanged. In many respects, it has been used as an adjunct to other discipl...

A cautionary note on using binary calls for analysis of DNA methylation Agnieszka Prochenka*, Piotr Pokarowski, Piotr Gasperowicz, Joanna Kosińska, Piotr Stawiński, Renata Zbieć-Piekarska, Magdalena Spólnicka, Wojciech Branicki and Rafał Płoski* Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jana Kazimierza 5, Warsaw, Poland, Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of War...

Dentin provides a protective enclosure for genomic and mitochondrial DNA. In the present study, DNA was obtained from pulverized or ground teeth. The quality of the DNA extracted from the teeth of 70 unrelated individuals was tested in the context of assessing the allelic and genotypic frequencies of autosomal loci D19S216, D20S502 and D20S842, and calculating a number of parameters of populati...

Human microbiome refers to all microscopic lifeforms such as bacteria, viruses, algae, and fungi inhabiting the human body. Forensic microbiology involves identification of microorganisms based on post-mortem interval their distribution in different parts body which helps individual identification, cause death determination, geolocation determination where corpse was possibly found fluid identi...

The controversy over the interpretation of DNA profile evidence in forensic identification can be attributed in part to confusion over the mode(s) of statistical inference appropriate to this setting. Although there has been substantial discussion in the literature of, for example, the role of population genetics issues, few authors have made explicit the inferential framework which underpins t...

Combining genotypes across datasets is central in facilitating advances in genetics. Data aggregation efforts often face the challenge of record matching-the identification of dataset entries that represent the same individual. We show that records can be matched across genotype datasets that have no shared markers based on linkage disequilibrium between loci appearing in different datasets. Us...

DNA methylation is emerging as an attractive marker providing investigative leads to solve crimes in forensic genetics. The identification of body fluids that utilizes tissue-specific DNA methylation can contribute to solving crimes by predicting activity related to the evidence material. The age estimation based on DNA methylation is expected to reduce the number of potential suspects, when th...