On the identification of body fluids and tissues: a crucial link in the investigation and solution of crime

T Sijen, SA Harbison - Genes, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Body fluid and body tissue identification are important in forensic science as they can
provide key evidence in a criminal investigation and may assist the court in reaching …

Microbial forensics: new breakthroughs and future prospects

M Oliveira, A Amorim - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018‏ - Springer
Recent advances in genetic data generation, through massive parallel sequencing (MPS),
storage and analysis have fostered significant progresses in microbial forensics (or forensic …

Forensic applications of microbiomics: a review

JM Robinson, Z Pasternak, CE Mason… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The rise of microbiomics and metagenomics has been driven by advances in genomic
sequencing technology, improved microbial sampling methods, and fast-evolving …

Application of microbiome in forensics

J Zhang, W Liu, H Simayijiang, P Hu… - Genomics, Proteomics & …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Recent advances in next-generation sequencing technologies and improvements in
bioinformatics have expanded the scope of microbiome analysis as a forensic tool …

Microbiome-based body fluid identification of samples exposed to indoor conditions

A Dobay, C Haas, G Fucile, N Downey… - Forensic Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In the forensic reconstruction of crime scene activities, the identification of biological traces
and their bodily origin are valuable evidence that can be presented in court. While several …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of microbial communities: an emerging tool in forensic sciences

A Gouello, C Dunyach-Remy, C Siatka, JP Lavigne - Diagnostics, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The objective of forensic sciences is to find clues in a crime scene in order to reconstruct the
scenario. Classical samples include DNA or fingerprints, but both have inherent limitations …

An interdisciplinary forensic approach for human remains identification and missing persons investigations

A Dahal, D McNevin, M Chikhani… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The resolution of unidentified human remains (UHR) and long‐term missing persons (LTMP)
cases is paramount for administrative, legal, and humanitarian reasons. There are various …

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 …

Forensic human identification with targeted microbiome markers using nearest neighbor classification

AE Woerner, NMM Novroski, FR Wendt… - Forensic Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
From the perspective of forensics genetics, the human microbiome is a rich, relatively
untapped resource for human identity testing. Since it varies within and among people, and …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA profiling of mock casework samples: Results of a FoRNAP collaborative exercise

AP Salzmann, M Bamberg, C Courts, G Dørum… - Forensic Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In recent years, forensic mRNA profiling has increasingly been used to identify the origin of
human body fluids. By now, several laboratories have implemented mRNA profiling and also …