1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré, Paris, France 2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Parakou, Benin 3. Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré Garches, France 4. Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Forensic Medicine, University of Paris, Paris, France African Health Sciences 2012; (4): 443 445 http:...

The Uyghur population has experienced extensive interaction with European and Eastern Asian populations historically. A set of high-resolution genetic markers could be useful to infer the genetic relationships between the Uyghur population and European and Asian populations. In this study we typed 100 unrelated Uyghur males living in southern Xinjiang at 26 Y-STR loci. Using the high-resolution...

Mixtures are a commonly encountered form of biological evidence that contain DNA from two or more contributors. Laboratory analysis of mixtures produces data signals that usually cannot be separated into distinct contributor genotypes. Computer modeling can resolve the genotypes up to probability, reflecting the uncertainty inherent in the data. Human analysts address the problem by simplifying...

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...

While there have been dramatic advances in the range and scale of forensic techniques used to help solve legal cases, the way that the probative value of forensic evidence is presented in courts is rudimentary and often flawed. In particular, where probative value is presented in probabilistic and statistical terms there have been numerous instances of misunderstanding leading to miscarriages o...

Population genetics is the study of genetic variability within a population and of the forces that act upon it. As well as being of central importance to our understanding of evolution from prehistoric to modern times, it now also affects our everyday lives — whether considering human genetic disease, how to avoid the extinction of rare species or the merits of ‘DNA fingerprinting’ in forensic ...