Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Collection of Samples for DNA Analysis
Roland A.H. van Oorschot, Timothy J. Verdon, and Kaye N. Ballantyne
2. Body Fluid Identification Using mRNA Profiling
Amy D. Roeder and Cordula Haas
3. mRNA Profiling for Vaginal Fluid and Menstrual Blood Identification
Joanna Jakubowska, Agnieszka Maciejewska, and Ryszard Pawlowski
4. Preservation of and DNA Extraction from Muscle Tissue
Dennis McNevin
5. DNA Extraction: Organic and Solid-Phase
Wafa Ibrahim
6. Extraction of DNA from Skeletal Remains
Suni M. Edson and Timothy P. McMahon
7. Extraction of DNA from Human Skeletal Material
Irena Zupanič Pajnič
8. The Development and Use of Internal Amplification Controls (IACs) with DNA Profiling Kits for Forensic DNA Analysis
Nathalie Zahra and William Goodwin
9. NucleoSpin (R)XS Columns for DNA Concentration and Clean-Up
William R. Hudlow
10. Purification of PCR Products to Improve STR Profiles
Amy D. Roeder
11. Analysis of 30 Biallelic INDEL Markers Using the Investigator DIPplex (R) Kit
Majid Bashir and Nur Haliza Bt Hassan
12. Analysis of Mitochondrial Control Region Using Sanger Sequencing
David Ballard
13. Whole Human Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing
Igor V. Ovchinnikov, Mathew J. Malek, Katelyn Kjelland, and Kenneth Drees
14. In-Solution Hybridization for the Targeted Enrichment of the Whole Mitchondrial Genome
B. Bekaert, R. Ellerington, L. Van den Abbeele, and R. Decorte
15. Enhanced DNA Profiling of the Semen Donor in Late Reported Sexual Assaults: Use of Y-Chromosome Targeted Pre-Amplification and Next Generation Y-STR Amplification Systems
Erin K. Hanson and Jack Ballantyne
16. Analysis of Rapidly Mutating Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats (RM Y STRs)
Sibte Hadi
17. A Practical Guide to the HIrisPlex System: Simultaneous Prediction of Eye and Hair Color from DNA
Susan Walsh and Manfred Kayser
18. Inference of Ancestry in Forensic Analysis I: Autosomal Ancestry - Informative Marker Sets
Chris Phillips, Carla Santos, Manuel Fondevilla, ngel Carracedo, and Maria Victoria Lareu
19. Inference of Ancestry in Forensic Analysis II: Analysis of Genetic Data
Carla Santos, Chris Phillips, A. Gomez-Tato, J. Alvarez-Dios, ngel Carracedo, Maria Victoria Lareu
20. Species Determination: The Role and Use of the Cytochrome b Gene
Adrian Linacre and James Chun-I Lee