Forensic Science International

Christian Doutremepuich, Niels Morling9780444515056, 0-444-51505-4

This volume of Progress in Forensic Genetics contains mainly short three-page manuscripts of the oral and poster presentations at the congress. The manuscripts have been through a reviewing and editing procedure in order to maintain the high quality of the series. It is hoped that all attendees and also those who were not able to attend will be able to profit from the high level of scientific information contained in this book and that this will stimulate the readership to innovative research in this rapidly changing field of forensic genetics.

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Table of contents :
EEn……Page 1
Forensic Science International, Volume 166, Issues 2-3, March 2007……Page 2
Case report……Page 3
Materials and methods……Page 4
Discussion……Page 5
Our case raises multiple problems……Page 6
References……Page 7
Introduction……Page 9
Chemicals……Page 11
Gunpowder sample preparation……Page 12
Positive ion mode……Page 13
With chlorinated reactant……Page 15
Without chlorinated reactant……Page 16
Establishing a detection algorithm……Page 17
References……Page 18
A study of the use of Ephedra in the manufacture of methamphetamine……Page 20
Materials and instrumentation……Page 21
Hydriodic acid reduction……Page 22
Dissolving metal reduction……Page 23
Metal catalysed hydrogenation (via chloro-intermediate)……Page 24
References……Page 26
Introduction……Page 28
Quantitation……Page 29
Concentration profiles……Page 30
Conclusion……Page 31
References……Page 32
Introduction……Page 33
Results……Page 34
Possible origins of the AMEL-Y null……Page 36
References……Page 38
Introduction……Page 39
Primer specificity……Page 40
Results……Page 41
Discussion……Page 43
References……Page 44
Introduction……Page 46
Allele drop-out and the Q designation……Page 47
Case circumstances……Page 48
Traditional consensus method (biological model)……Page 49
Application of the theory to evaluate multiple propositions……Page 50
Discussion……Page 51
LoComatioN as a LR calculator for ‘conventional’ DNA profiles……Page 52
Simulation results……Page 53
A more detailed example of LoComatioN principles……Page 54
References……Page 56
Introduction……Page 57
Extraction procedure in bone……Page 58
Results……Page 59
Discussion……Page 60
References……Page 62
Introduction……Page 63
Design of the database……Page 64
Hitlist behaviour……Page 65
Method……Page 66
Method……Page 67
Vector template matching analysis……Page 68
Analysis……Page 69
EER……Page 70
Summary……Page 71
References……Page 72
Introduction……Page 73
Characterization of the deletions……Page 76
Discussion……Page 78
References……Page 80
DNA samples and extraction……Page 82
Haplogroup assignment……Page 83
Results and discussion……Page 84
Polymorphisms in the entire mtDNA control region……Page 89
Comparison with other West-Eurasian populations……Page 90
Phylogenetic analyses……Page 91
References……Page 92
Introduction……Page 94
Diversity of alleles……Page 96
Comparison of Y-STR datasets on Nepal and Bhutan……Page 97
Acknowledgements……Page 98
References……Page 99
Materials and methods……Page 100
Results……Page 102
Fresh (0-3 days)……Page 103
Discussion……Page 104
Acknowledgements……Page 105
Appendix A……Page 106
Materials and methods……Page 108
Discussion……Page 109
References……Page 111
Introduction……Page 112
Results……Page 113
References……Page 115
Introduction……Page 117
Results……Page 118
Advantages of post-mortem biopsy examination……Page 119
Limitations……Page 120
References……Page 121
Introduction……Page 122
Results……Page 123
Discussion……Page 124
References……Page 125
Introduction……Page 127
Calibrators and controls……Page 128
Whole blood……Page 129
Elution process prior to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)……Page 130
SPE column elution……Page 131
Accuracy and precision……Page 132
Chromatographic detection conditions……Page 133
References……Page 135
Introduction……Page 136
Preparation of the samples……Page 137
DNA quantitation……Page 138
Autosomal STRs……Page 139
Y chromosome STRs……Page 142
Discussion……Page 144
References……Page 146
Allele frequencies of the 15 AmpF/Str Identifiler loci in the population of Metztitla´n (Estado de Hidalgo), Me´xico……Page 148
References……Page 150
Results……Page 151
Other remarks……Page 152
References……Page 156
Allele frequencies of six miniSTR loci of three ethnic populations in Singapore……Page 158
References……Page 160
Book review……Page 162
Book review……Page 163
(Contents continued from outside back cover)……Page 164