Category: Genetic Genealogy

Decoding the Human Face: Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Genetics of Craniofacial Morphology

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Sahin Naqvi, Hanne Hoskens, FranziskaWilke, Seth M.Weinberg, John R. Shaffer, SusanWalsh, Mark D. Shriver, Joanna Wysocka, Peter Claes

Annu. Rev. Genom. Hum. Genet; 22; 2022

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The significance of amelogenin loci from toothpicks as forensic evidence for sex determination

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Arofi Kurniawan, DDS, PhD, Beta N. Rizky, DDS, MSc, An’nisaa Chusida, DDS, MDSc, PhD, Beshlina F.W.R. Prakoeswa, DDS, MSc, Salma A. Athalia, BDS, Stefani T.J. Malau, BDS, Aspalilah Alias, DDS, PhD

J Taibah Univ Med Sci; 18(1); 2023

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A systematic review on materials, design, and manufacturing of swabs

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Vedant Vashist, Neil Banthia, Swapnil Kumar, Prajwal Agrawal

Annals 3D Printed Med; 9; 2023

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Beginners Guide to Biometric and Forensic Science Human Subjects Research Protections

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Chapman W, Hicklin A, Taylor M

NIST; 66pp; 2023

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Estimation of intrafamilial DNA contamination in family trio genome sequencing using deviation from Mendelian inheritance

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Christopher J. Yoon, Su Yeon Kim, Chang Hyun Nam, Junehawk Lee, Jung Woo Park, Jihyeob Mun, Seongyeo Park, Soyoung Lee, Boram Yi, Kyoung I Min, Brian Wiley, Kelly L. Bolton, Jeong Ho Lee, Eunjoon Kim, Hee Jeong Yoo, Jong Kwan Jun, Ji Seon Choi, Malachi Griffith, Obi L. Griffith, Young Seok Ju

Genome Res; 32; 2022

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DNA and Biology, Genetic Genealogy

Adventure Legal Medicine: a free online serious game for supplementary use in undergraduate medical education

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Sven Anders, Antonia Steen, Tjark Müller, Waldemar Krause, Annika Sanwald, Tobias Raupach, Benjamin Ondruschka & Oliver Krebs

Int J Legal Med; 2023

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Likelihood Ratio as Weight of Forensic Evidence: A Closer Look

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Steven P. Lund and HariIyer

J Res Natl Inst Stan; 122; 2017

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Is Forensic Science Scientific? Crime lab errors and privacy issues raise concerns

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John H Tibbetts

BioScience; 70(5); 2020

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Federal Justice Statistics, 2021

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Mark Motivans, PhD, BJS Statistician

Bureau Justice Stat; , US DOJ; 30pp; December 2022

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Postmortem submersion interval estimation of cadavers recovered from freshwater based on gut microbial community succession

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Fuyuan Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Kuo Zeng, Huiya Yuan, Ziwei Wang, Xinjie Li, Haomiao Yuan, Shukui Du, Dawei Guan, Linlin Wang, Rui Zhao

Front. Microbiol; 2022

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Development and validation of a new multiplex for upgrading Y-STRs population databases from 12 to 23 markers and its forensic casework application

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Belén Navarro-López, Miriam Baeta, Eva Granizo-Rodríguez, O. Moreno-López, Tamara Kleinbielen, Joana Francesca Ferragut, Antònia Picornell & Marian M. de Pancorbo

Sci Rep; 12:21734; 2022

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Comparing preservation substrates under field conditions for efficient DNA recovery in bone

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Jorge Adrián Ramírez de Arellano Sánchez, José Miguel Moreno Ortiz, Andres López Quintero, Heidi Pfeiffer, Marielle Vennemann & Hannah Bauer

Int J Leg Med; 2022

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Development and inter-laboratory evaluation of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry inference from DNA

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C Xavier, M de la Puente, A Mosquera-Miguel, A Freire-Aradas, V Kalamara, A Ralf, A Revoir, T E Gross, P M Schneider, C Ames, C Hohoff, C Phillips, M Kayser, W Parson, VISAGE Consortium

Forensic Sci Int Gen; 61; 2022

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Eurasiaplex-2: Shifting the focus to SNPs with high population specificity increases the power of forensic ancestry marker sets

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C Phillips, M de la Puente, J Ruiz-Ramirez, A Staniewska, A Ambroa-Conde, A Freire-Aradas, A Mosquera-Miguel, A Rodriguez, M V Lareu

Forensic Sci Int Gen; 61; 2022

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On the Commonly-Used Incorrect Visual Representation of Accuracy and Precision

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Shervin Shirmohammadi, Luca Mari, and Dario Petri

IEEE; 24(1); 2021

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A call for more science in forensic science

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Suzanne Bell, Sunita Sah, Thomas D. Albright, S. James Gates Jr., M. Bonner Dentone, Arturo Casadevall

PNAS; 115(18); 2018

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