Forensic Science International-Genetics

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Developmental validation of an mRNA kit: A 5-dye multiplex assay designed for body-fluid identification	77
Detection of fraudulent in contraband Shahtoosh trade: Unfair deal in illicit wildlife market	52
A forensic population database in El Salvador: 58 STRs and 94 SNPs	50
Development and inter-laboratory evaluation of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry inference from DNA	41
Comparative evaluation of the MAPlex, Precision ID Ancestry Panel, and VISAGE Basic Tool for biogeographical ancestry inference	39
Systematic evaluation of the Precision ID GlobalFiler™ NGS STR panel v2 using single-source samples of various quantity and quality and mixed DNA samples	38
Deep coverage proteome analysis of hair shaft for forensic individual identification	36
Salmon sperm DNA increases sample recovery from cotton swabs	34
Extraction of DNA from trace forensic samples with a modified lysis buffer and chitosan coated magnetic beads	31
The Missing Person problem through the lens of information theory	31
Hamiltonian Monte Carlo with strict convergence criteria reduces run-to-run variability in forensic DNA mixture deconvolution	30
Nanopore sequencing of a forensic combined STR and SNP multiplex	28
Kinship analysis of skeletal remains from the Middle Ages	26
Editorial Board	25
A fast and highly efficient automated DNA extraction method from small quantities of bone powder from aged bone samples	25
Human identification of single hair shaft using a mass spectrometry mRNA typing system	24
Forty years of research and development on forensic genetics: A bibliometric analysis	24
DNA transfer between worn clothing and flooring surfaces with known histories of use	24
Are microhaplotypes derived from the 1000 Genomes Project reliable for forensic purposes?	23
Development and validation of a fast and automated DNA identification line	23
Development of a multiplex recombinase amplification assay for the rapid and concurrent detection of human DNA and sex identification	23
Haplotype distribution in a forensic full mtDNA genome database of admixed Southern Brazilians and its association with self-declared ancestry and pigmentation traits	22
Validation of the IDseek® OmniSTR™ Global Autosomal STR Profiling kit, reverse complement PCR as an improved tool/method for routine massively parallel sequencing of short tandem repeats	21
SCN5A missense variants and their contribution to deaths in Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS)	21
Impact of theta correction in siblingship testing	21

Application of a newly constructed NGS panel with 45 X-linked microhaplotypes demonstrates the unique value of X-MH for kinship testing and mixture analysis	21
Development of a novel microarray data analysis tool without normalization for genotyping degraded forensic DNA	20
Denoising of microhaplotype MPS data using DADA2 and its application to two-person DNA mixture analysis	20
Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I-P37.2 in Serbian population groups originating from distinct parts of the Balkan Peninsula	20
Corrigendum to “Biological amplification of low frequency mutations unravels laboratory culture history of the bio-threat agent Francisella tularensis” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. 45 (2020) 102230]	20
Extending the discrete Laplace method: incorporating multi-copy loci, partial repeats and null alleles	19
Improving the differentiation of closely related males by RMplex analysis of 30 Y-STRs with high mutation rates	19
Development of an epigenetic age predictor for costal cartilage with a simultaneous somatic tissue differentiation system	19
Pedigree likelihood formulae based on founder and founder couple symmetry and validation of DNA testing software	19
Inference of recent admixture using genotype data	19
DEPArray™ single-cell technology: A validation study for forensic applications	19
Predicting eye and hair colour in a Norwegian population using Verogen’s ForenSeq™ DNA signature prep kit	18
Evaluation of the VISAGE basic tool for appearance and ancestry inference using ForenSeq® chemistry on the MiSeq FGx® system	18
Advancing human genotyping: The Infinium HTS iSelect Custom microarray panel (Rita) development study	18
DNA databases of a CITES listed species Aquilaria malaccensis (Thymelaeaceae) as the tracking tools for forensic identification and chain of custody certification	18
A comprehensive characterization of MPS-STR stutter artefacts	18
Editorial Board	18
Deconvoluting multi-person biological mixtures and accurate characterization and identification of separated contributors using non-targeted single-cell DNA sequencing	17
Nanopore sequencing of MiniHap biomarkers for forensic DNA mixture deconvolution: A proof-of-principle study	17
Identification of body fluid sources based on microbiome antibiotic resistance genes using high-throughput qPCR	17
Identification of the 18 World War II executed citizens of Adele, Rethymnon, Crete using an ancient DNA approach and low coverage genomes	16
Informed consent for forensic genetic population studies: Status quo and a call for harmonization	16
Coral-ID: A forensically validated genetic test to identify precious coral material and its application to objects seized from illegal traffic	16
A mathematical framework for genetic relatedness analysis involving X chromosome aneuploidies	16
Recovery of integrated and surface trace DNA from illicit drug tablets	16
Recommendations for the successful identification of altered human remains using standard and emerging technologies: Results of a systematic approach	16
An overview of autosomal STRs and identity SNPs in a Norwegian population using massively parallel sequencing	16
Evaluating genome-wide and targeted forensic sequencing approaches to kinship determination	16
DNA accumulation and transfer within an operational forensic exhibit storeroom	16
Identifying distant relatives using benchtop-scale sequencing	16
Genetic predictions of eye and hair colour in the Danish population	15
Genome-wide DNA methylome profiling to differentiate monozygotic twins	15
Recurrent familial case of early childhood sudden death: Complex post mortem genetic investigations	15
Profiling of hair proteome revealed individual demographics	15
Internal validation of the Precision ID GlobalFiler NGS STR panel v2 kit with locus-specific analytical threshold, and with special regard to mixtures and low template DNA detection	15
Identification and characterization of novel DIP-STRs from whole-genome sequencing data	15
Editorial Board	14
SMART: STR Mixture Analysis and Resolution Tools	14
Investigating SNP typing using alternative reference materials with the FORCE panel and QIAseq® chemistry	14
Characterization and evaluation of nine Cannabis sativa chloroplast SNP markers for crop type determination and biogeographical origin on European samples	14
Benchmarking for genotyping and imputation using degraded DNA for forensic applications across diverse populations	14
Editorial Board	14
Who bit the boat? New DNA collection and genomic methods enable species identification in suspected shark-related incidents	14
Editorial Board	14
Characterisation of identity-informative genetic markers in the Australian population with European ancestry	13
Exploring tapelifts as a method for dual workflow STR amplification	13
Expression of concern “Population genetics of 17 Y-STR loci in Xibe ethnic minority from Liaoning Province, Northeast China” [Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 16 (2015) 86–87]	13
A probabilistic approach to evaluate salivary microbiome in forensic science when the Defense says: `It is my twin brother'	13
Accounting for site-to-site DNA transfer on a packaged exhibit in an evaluation given activity level propositions	13
Improving the regional Y-STR haplotype resolution utilizing haplogroup-determining Y-SNPs and the application of machine learning in Y-SNP haplogroup prediction in a forensic Y-STR database: A pilot s	13

Comparison of three DNA extraction methods tested on illicit drug-related powders	12
A custom hybridisation enrichment forensic intelligence panel to infer biogeographic ancestry, hair and eye colour, and Y chromosome lineage	12
Calibration performance of DNAStatistX in a laboratory setting and considerations for likelihood ratio thresholds	12
Sunda pangolin (M. javanica) detected for the first time in the Illegal wildlife seizures from northeast India	12
Adapting an established Ampliseq microhaplotype panel to nanopore sequencing through direct PCR	12
The application of the skin virome for human identification	12
Developmental validation of a 381 Y-chromosome SNP panel for haplogroup analysis in the Chinese populations	12
Independent evaluation of an 11-CpG panel for age estimation in blood	11
Estimating the time since deposition (TsD) in saliva stains using temporal changes in microbial markers	11
Profiling age and body fluid DNA methylation markers using nanopore adaptive sampling	11
DNA methylation-based organ tissue identification: Marker identification, SNaPshot multiplex assay development, and interlaboratory comparison	11
Enhanced SNP genotyping with symmetric multinomial logistic regression	11
A multiplex microbial profiling system for the identification of the source of body fluid and skin samples	11
Explainable artificial intelligence in forensic DNA analysis: Alleles identification in challenging electropherograms using supervised machine learning methods	11
Analysis of rapidly mutating Y-STRs enables almost complete discrimination of unrelated and related males from the African continent	11
Operationalisation of the ForenSeq® Kintelligence Kit for Australian unidentified and missing persons casework	11
A preliminary study on detecting human DNA in aquatic environments: Potential of eDNA in forensics	11
Levenshtein distance as a measure of accuracy and precision in forensic PCR-MPS methods	10
A global snapshot of current opinions of next-generation sequencing technologies usage in forensics	10
Techniques for estimating genetically variable peptides and semi-continuous likelihoods from massively parallel sequencing data	10
The ReAct project: Bayesian networks for assessing the value of the results given activity level propositions	10
Dense SNP-based analyses complement forensic anthropology biogeographical ancestry assessments	10
Investigative use of human environmental DNA in forensic genetics	10
Editorial Board	10
Predicting probative levels of touch DNA on tapelifts using Diamond™ Nucleic Acid Dye	10
Interest and limits of using pharmacogenetics in MDMA-related fatalities: A case report	10
Retraction notice to “Analysis of Uyghur and Kazakh populations using the Precision ID Ancestry Panel” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. 43 (2019) 102144]	10
A new minisatellite VNTR marker, Pscp1, discovered for the identification of opium poppy	10
The effect of commonly employed forensic DNA extraction protocols on ssDNA/dsDNA proportion and DNA integrity	10
Evaluation of microhaplotype panels for complex kinship analysis using massively parallel sequencing	9
Development and validation of a novel forensic STR multiplex assay for blue (Anthropoides paradiseus), wattled (Bugeranus carunculatus), and grey-crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)	9
Pulse Lavage System (PLS) versus forensic wet-vacuum collection of biological material	9
Individual shedder status and the origin of touch DNA	9
Timber DNA release using focused ultrasound extraction (FUSE) for genetic species identification	9
Identification of individuals from low template blood samples using whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing	9
Precision touch DNA sampling on plastic bag knots for improved profiling of packer and holder contributions	9
Identification of the vaginal secretion donor in mixture stains using polymorphic cSNPs on mRNA biomarkers	9
Differences of circular RNA expression profiles between monozygotic twins' blood, with the forensic application in bloodstain and saliva	9
Population structure and forensic genetic analyses in Guarani and Kaingang Amerindian populations from Brazil	8
Editorial Board	8
Rapid DNA from a disaster victim identification perspective: Is it a game changer?	8
Assessment of the ForenSeq mtDNA control region kit and comparison of orthogonal technologies	8
A biogeographical ancestry inference pipeline using PCA-XGBoost model and its application in Asian populations	8
DNA identification from dental pulp and cementum	8
Birgitte Tengs case: Analysis and the wider implications for evaluation of DNA evidence given activities	8
Eurasiaplex-2: Shifting the focus to SNPs with high population specificity increases the power of forensic ancestry marker sets	8
Validation process of automatic DNA extraction from bone material using a new advanced protocol for the EZ2 Connect instrument	8
Ancestry resolution of South Brazilians by forensic 165 ancestry-informative SNPs panel	8
A common epigenetic clock from childhood to old age	8
Integrating the human microbiome in the forensic toolkit: Current bottlenecks and future solutions	8
Transfer and persistence of DNA on items routinely encountered in forensic casework following habitual and short-duration one-time use	8
Capability of the iSeq 100 sequencing system from Illumina to detect low-level substitutions in the human mitochondrial genome	8
Assessing the utility of quantitative and qualitative metrics in the DNA quantification process of skeletal remains for autosomal and Y-chromosome STR amplification purposes	8
Pairwise kinship inference and pedigree reconstruction using 91 microhaplotypes	8
Forensic prediction of sex, age, height, body mass index, hip-to-waist ratio, smoking status and lipid lowering drugs using epigenetic markers and plasma proteins	8
Editorial Board	8
Harmonizing the forensic nomenclature for STR loci D6S474 and DYS612	8
Editorial Board	8
Mass spectrometry-based proteomics for source-level attribution after DNA extraction	7
X-chromosomal STRs: Metapopulations and mutation rates	7
Editorial Board	7
Pairwise kinship analysis of 17 pedigrees using massively parallel sequencing	7
Interpretation and reporting of mixed DNA profiles by seven forensic laboratories in the UK and Ireland	7
Variation in assessments of suitability and number of contributors for DNA mixtures	7
Corrigendum to “ Developmental validation of an mRNA kit: A 5-dye multiplex assay designed for body-fluid identification” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. 71 (2024) 103045]	7
DNA methylation-based semen age prediction using the markers identified in Koreans and Europeans	7
Trace DNA and its persistence on various surfaces: A long term study investigating the influence of surface type and environmental conditions – Part one, metals	7
Development and inter-laboratory validation of the VISAGE enhanced tool for age estimation from semen using quantitative DNA methylation analysis	7
Collaborative swab performance comparison and the impact of sampling solution volumes on DNA recovery	7
A collaborative exercise on DNA methylation-based age prediction and body fluid typing	7
Rapid detection of blood and semen mRNA markers by reverse transcription-recombinase polymerase amplification	7
Development of a two-layer machine learning model for the forensic application of legal and illegal poppy classification based on sequence data	7
The Oral Microbiome for Geographic Origin: An Italian Study	7
Analysis of the influence of host lifestyle (coffee consumption, drinking, and smoking) on Korean oral microbiome	7
Accounting for inter-laboratory DNA recovery data variability when performing evaluations given activities	7
Kinship cases with partially specified hypotheses	7
Population analysis of complete mitogenomes for 334 samples from El Salvador	7
FamLink2 – A comprehensive tool for likelihood computations in pedigrees analyses involving linked DNA markers accounting for genotype uncertainties	7
Genomic history and forensic characteristics of Sherpa highlanders on the Tibetan Plateau inferred from high-resolution InDel panel and genome-wide SNPs	7
Casework-related DNA transfer on footwear in consideration of the shedder status	7

African and Asian elephant ivory discrimination using a portable strip test	7
Uncertainty in the number of contributor estimation methods applied to a Y-STR profile	6
Advancing FDSTools by integrating STRNaming 1.1	6
Source level interpretation of mixed biological stains using coding region SNPs	6
Who threw that stone? A study on DNA transfer	6
The IPEFA model: An initiative for online training and education as applied by the International Society for Forensic Genetics	6
Overlapping association signals in the genetics of hair-related phenotypes in humans and their relevance to predictive DNA analysis	6
Combining artificial neural network classification with fully continuous probabilistic genotyping to remove the need for an analytical threshold and electropherogram reading	6
Expression of Concern: “Genetic profile of 17 Y chromosome STRs in the Guizhou Han population of southwestern China” [Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 25 (2016) e6–e7]	6
Explainable artificial intelligence in forensics: Realistic explanations for number of contributor predictions of DNA profiles	6
Environmental microbiota from substrate may interfere with microbiome-based identification of forensically relevant body fluids: A pilot study	6
A highly polymorphic panel of 40-plex microhaplotypes for the Chinese Han population and its application in estimating the number of contributors in DNA mixtures	6
Mitogenomic diversity in Czechs and Slovaks	6
RMplex: An efficient method for analyzing 30 Y-STRs with high mutation rates	6
RMplex reveals population differences in RM Y-STR mutation rates and provides improved father-son differentiation in Japanese	6
The bear necessities: A sensitive qPCR assay for bear DNA detection from bile and derived products to complement wildlife forensic enforcement	6
Editorial Board	6
An evaluation of the RapidHIT™ ID system for hair roots stained with Diamond™ Nucleic Acid Dye	6
Discordance of Penta D x.4 microvariant alleles results between three capillary electrophoresis and one massively parallel sequencing short tandem repeat kits	6
TrACES of time: Towards estimating time-of-day of bloodstain deposition by targeted RNA sequencing	6
Cost-effective optimisation and validation of the VISAGE enhanced tool assay on the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform	6
Human background DNA on stones in an urban environment	6
"Total Human DNA Sampling" – Forensic DNA profiles from large areas	6
Investigation into the effect of mixtures comprising related people on non-donor likelihood ratios, and potential practises to mitigate providing misleading opinions	6
Using an interaction timeline to investigate factors related to shedder status	6
Pitfalls and challenges with population assignments of individuals from admixed populations: Applying Genogeographer on Brazilian individuals	6
Development and evaluations of the ancestry informative markers of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry	6
Title page	6
Identification of the body fluid donor in mixtures through target mRNA cSNP sequencing	6
The role of cats in human DNA transfer	6
António Amorim (in memoriam)	6
Special issue: Forensic Genetics: Unde venisti et quo vadis?	6
A collaborative study on the precision of the Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms used for DNA profile interpretation	6
Assessment of Diamond™ Nucleic Acid Dye for the identification and targeted sampling of latent DNA in operational casework	6
Editorial Board	6
Inter-laboratory evaluation of the VISAGE enhanced tool and models for age estimation from blood and buccal cells	5
Editorial Board	5
Visualisation and detection of latent DNA deposited by pangolin scales onto plastic packaging materials	5
Non-juvenile familial form of life-threatening arrhythmias caused by the Ryanodine Receptor type 2 c.13823 G>A, p.(Arg4608Gln) pathogenic variant: Atypical catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular	5
The advent of forensic DNA databases: It’s time to agree on some international governance principles!	5
Applications of 1993 single nucleotide polymorphism loci in forensic pairwise kinship identifications and inferences	5
Phenotype predictions of two-person mixture using single cell analysis	5
Effect existence of aging on stutter ratio evaluated via Bayesian inference	5
A recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) combined with strip visualization method for RNA-based presumptive tests of saliva and vaginal secretion	5
Analysis and comparison of the STR genotypes called with HipSTR, STRait Razor and toaSTR by using next generation sequencing data in a Brazilian population sample	5
MixDeR: A SNP mixture deconvolution workflow for forensic genetic genealogy	5
Assessing non-LUS stutter in DNA sequence data	5
Transfer, persistence and recovery of DNA and mRNA vaginal mucosa markers after intimate and social contact with Bayesian network analysis for activity level reporting	5
Transfer and recovery of DNA and metal particles: A proof-of-concept application of a parallel strategy by DNA and environmental scanning electron microscopy analysis	5
Identifying a monozygotic twin brother as a donor of DNA in minimal, mixed forensic stains – A case example	5
Accurate profiling of forensic autosomal STRs using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION device	5
Screening and evaluation of endogenous reference genes for miRNA expression analysis in forensic body fluid samples	5
Improving the system power of complex kinship analysis by combining multiple systems	5
Improved understanding of sequence polymorphisms at 42 Y chromosome short tandem repeats for the Chinese Han population	5
Testing the Ion AmpliSeq™ HID Y-SNP Research Panel v1 for performance and resolution in admixed South Americans of haplogroup Q	5
Limitations of qPCR to estimate DNA quantity: An RFU method to facilitate inter-laboratory comparisons for activity level, and general applicability	5
A new strategy for distinguishing menstrual blood from peripheral blood by the miR-451a/miR-21-5p ratio	5
Persistence of blood (DNA/RNA) on shoe soles under varying casework related conditions	5
A preliminary report on the exploration of salivary bacterial diversity by the multiplex SNaPshot assay	5
Mitochondrial genome sequencing with ForenSeq™ mtDNA Whole Genome Kit	5
Comparison of next generation sequencing (NGS) - (SNPs) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) - (STRs) in the genetic analysis of human remains	5
Development and validation of a custom panel including 256 Y-SNPs for Chinese Y-chromosomal haplogroups dissection	5
Epigenetic age estimation in saliva and in buccal cells	5
FST estimates of 94 populations in China based on STR markers	5
Evidence of co-amplification of microbial DNA affecting interpretation at the D16S539 locus in the PowerPlex® ESI 17 Fast kit?: A case report	5
Investigation of the impact of biogeographic ancestry on DNA methylation based age predictions comparing a Middle East and a Central European population	5
From suspicions to certainty: Wildlife DNA forensics reveals canine cannibalism	4
Estimation of bloodstain deposition time within a 24-h day-night cycle with rhythmic mRNA based on a machine learning algorithm	4
Screening and selection of 21 novel microhaplotype markers for ancestry inference in ten Chinese subpopulations	4
Estimation of population-specific values of theta for PowerPlex Y23 profiles	4
Impact of SNP microarray analysis of compromised DNA on kinship classification success in the context of investigative genetic genealogy	4
A response to a correspondence letter by Buckleton et al. on: Riman et al. (2021) Examining performance and likelihood ratios for two likelihood ratio systems using the PROVEDIt dataset, PLoS One 16(9	4
Determining the number and size of background samples derived from an area adjacent to the target sample that provide the greatest support for a POI in a target sample	4
A vertebrate-specific qPCR assay as an endogenous internal control for robust species identification	4
Distinguishing between monozygotic twins' blood samples through immune repertoire sequencing	4
Wound age estimation based on next-generation sequencing: Fitting the optimal index system using machine learning	4
A 2b-RAD parentage analysis pipeline for complex and mixed DNA samples	4
Editorial Board	4
Tracking male DNA transfer and survival under female victim fingernails: Insights from a 24-h scratch simulation	4
Quantification of forensic genetic evidence: Comparison of results obtained by qualitative and quantitative software for real casework samples	4
XGBoost as a reliable machine learning tool for predicting ancestry using autosomal STR profiles - Proof of method	4
Analysis of mutation rates and haplotypes of 23 Y-chromosomal STRs in Korean father–son pairs	4
Recent advances in Forensic DNA Phenotyping of appearance, ancestry and age	4
Evaluating the effect of marker panel sizes on estimation of bio-geographical co-ancestry proportions	4
Poly_NumtS_430 or HSA_NumtS_587 observed in massively parallel sequencing of the mitochondrial HV1 and HV2 regions	4
Evaluation of a SNP-STR haplotype panel for forensic genotype imputation	4
Comparison of nuclear DNA yield and STR typing success in Second World War petrous bones and metacarpals III	4
Corrigendum to “A probabilistic approach to evaluate salivary microbiome in forensic science when the defense says: 'It is my twin brother'” [Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 57, 102638]	4
Ethical considerations for Forensic Genetic Frequency databases: First Report conception and development	4
Distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups in Serbian population groups originating from historically and geographically significant distinct parts of the Balkan Peninsula	4
Microhaplotype and Y-SNP/STR (MY): A novel MPS-based system for genotype pattern recognition in two-person DNA mixtures	4
A lights-out forensic DNA analysis workflow for no-suspect crime	4
Profiling microRNA expression differentiates monozygotic twins in peripherical blood by droplet digital PCR	4
Salivary microbiome signatures of Poles and Serbians and its potential for prediction of biogeographic ancestry	4
EASplex: A panel of 308 AISNPs for East Asian ancestry inference using next generation sequencing	4