Forensic Genetics

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

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. High-Throughput is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• forensic
• genetic
• analysis
• novel
• crime
• NGS
• Next-generation sequencing
• DNA
• RNA