Forensic Genetics
A special issue of BioTech (ISSN 2673-6284).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2019) | Viewed by 265
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forensic genetics is rapidly going through diversification and expansion, driven largely by technical advances in genetic analysis methods and instrumentation. The past 30 years have seen immense advances in DNA applications. For example, the complete human genome can now be amplified from a single cell. As a single cell represents one individual, this can eliminate one of the main problems in forensic genetic profiling, that of mixed samples. Furthermore, the introduction of high throughput methods like Next Generation Sequencing has already had an impact in this field.
The Special Issue, “Forensic Genetics”, invites submissions on any relevant aspect of forensic genetics. These include traditional genetic typing of criminal casework samples, for example missing persons, disaster victim identification or other applications of human profiling methods, but also nonhuman forensics, such as wildlife forensics, where either individual or species identification has been used. We especially call for papers on the use of forensic genetics as ancillary evidence in forensic cases such as fraudulent food composition, biocrimes and microbiological profiling. In particular, we invite papers on novel approaches and methods yet not used in routine forensics but which have potential to be applied in the future, i.e., proof-of-principle type manuscripts.
Dr. Jari Louhelainen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- forensic
- genetic
- analysis
- novel
- crime
- NGS
- Next-generation sequencing
- DNA
- RNA
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