Forensic DNA Typing

Biology and Technology Behind STR Markers
2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4933-0020-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten

Zielgruppe

Researchers and practitioners in forensic DNA analysis, forensic scientists, population geneticists, military and private and public forensic laboratories (for identifying individuals through remains), and students of forensic science. Law enforcement, legal professionals, government/legal policy makers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Butler, John M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch. 1: Overview & History of DNA Typing
Ch. 2: DNA Biology Review
Ch. 3: Sample Collection, DNA Extraction, and DNA Quantitation
Ch. 4: The Polymerase Chain Reaction (DNA Amplification)
Ch. 5: Commonly Used Short Tandem Repeat Markers and Commercial Kits
Ch. 6: Biology of STRs
Ch. 7: Forensic Issues
Ch. 8: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms & Other Bi-allelic Markers
Ch. 9: Y-Chromosome DNA Testing
Ch. 10: Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
Ch. 11: Non-Human DNA and Microbial Forensics
Ch. 12: DNA Separation Methods
Ch. 13: DNA Detection Methods
Ch. 14: Instrumentation for STR Typing
Ch. 15: STR Genotyping Issues
Ch. 16: Laboratory Validation
Ch. 17: New Technologies, Automation, and Expert Systems
Ch. 18: CODIS and DNA Databases
Ch. 19: Basic Genetic Principles, Statistics, & Probability
Ch. 20: STR Population Database Analyses
Ch. 21: Profile Frequency Estimates, Likelihood Ratios & Source Attribution
Ch. 22: Approaches to Statistical Analysis of Mixtures and Degraded DNA
Ch. 23: Kinship and Parentage Testing
Ch. 24: Mass Disaster DNA Victim Identification

App I: Reported STR Alleles
App II: Population Data-STR Allele Frequencies
App. III: Suppliers of DNA Analysis Supplies
App. IV: DAB QA Standards
App. V: DAB Recommendations on Statistics
App. VI: NRC II Recommendations
App. VII: Example DNA Cases

Über Autor(innen)

Butler, John M.
John M. Butler is a NIST Fellow and Group Leader at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Butler earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia while doing DNA research in the FBI Laboratory's Forensic Science Research Unit. He has over 100 publications in this field and is a frequent presenter on the topic of DNA typing.