Recent progress, methods and perspectives in forensic epigenetics

A Vidaki, M Kayser - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2018 - Elsevier
Forensic epigenetics, ie, investigating epigenetics variation to resolve forensically relevant
questions unanswerable with standard forensic DNA profiling has been gaining substantial …

Developments in forensic DNA analysis

PR Haddrill - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The analysis of DNA from biological evidence recovered in the course of criminal
investigations can provide very powerful evidence when a recovered profile matches one …

MicroRNAs: an update of applications in forensic science

A Rocchi, E Chiti, A Maiese, E Turillazzi, I Spinetti - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs containing 18–24 nucleotides that
are involved in the regulation of many biochemical mechanisms in the human body. The …

Promising applications of human-derived saliva biomarker testing in clinical diagnostics

M Song, H Bai, P Zhang, X Zhou, B Ying - International Journal of Oral …, 2023 - nature.com
Saliva testing is a vital method for clinical applications, for its noninvasive features, richness
in substances, and the huge amount. Due to its direct anatomical connection with oral …

Current methods for body fluid identification related to sexual crime: focusing on saliva, semen, and vaginal fluid

K Sakurada, K Watanabe, T Akutsu - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although, DNA ty** plays a decisive role in the identification of persons from blood and
body fluid stains in criminal investigations, clarifying the origin of extracted DNA has also …

Proof of concept study of age-dependent DNA methylation markers across different tissues by massive parallel sequencing

J Naue, T Sänger, HCJ Hoefsloot… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of DNA methylation (DNAm) for chronological age determination has been widely
investigated within the last few years for its application within the field of forensic genetics …

[HTML][HTML] Forensic DNA methylation profiling from evidence material for investigative leads

HY Lee, SD Lee, KJ Shin - BMB reports, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Forensic DNA analysis

BR McCord, Q Gauthier, S Cho, MN Roig… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This Review focuses on recent developments in forensic DNA ty**. It highlights important
recent advances and issues in forensic human identification and identifies representative …

Characterization of DNA methylation-based markers for human body fluid identification in forensics: a critical review

F Kader, M Ghai, AO Olaniran - International journal of legal medicine, 2020 - Springer
Body fluid identification in crime scene investigations aids in reconstruction of crime scenes.
Several studies have identified and reported differentially methylated sites (DMSs) and …

A review of bioinformatic methods for forensic DNA analyses

YY Liu, SA Harbison - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2018 - Elsevier
Short tandem repeats, single nucleotide polymorphisms, and whole mitochondrial analyses
are three classes of markers which will play an important role in the future of forensic DNA …