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Y-STRs
There is No Navel of the World: Looking Beyond Borders to Interpret Y-STR Evidence
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers, Lutz Roewer and Sascha Willuweit, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Dept. Forensic Genetics, Berlin, Germany. Re...
Under the Microscope – Jianye Ge
Y chromosome STR haplotypes have been used in assisting forensic investigations primarily for identification and male lineage determination. The Scientific Working Group on DN...
Genetic Structure of the Male Mestiza Population of the State Of Puebla, Identified By Y-STR Markers
The allelic and haplotipal frequencies of 269 unrelated male individuals residing in the State of Puebla were analyzed, based on 25 STR markers of the “Y” chromoso...
Forensic Scientist of Note: Dr. Lutz Roewer
Dr. Lutz Roewer is one of the renowned forensic scientists who transformed DNA forensics through studying the Y-chromosome and demonstrating the value of Y-STR analysis for fo...
Analyzing History – Putting the Pieces Together One Run at a Time
Dr. Angie Ambers is a full-time forensic geneticist for the UNT Center for Human Identification, specializing in characterization and identification of contemporary, historica...
Reducing Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs Using an Automated Protocol
Sorenson Forensics is a high-throughput private laboratory that processes hundreds of cases every day. Much of our workload comes from backlogged sexual assault collection k...
Can the Rapidly Mutating Loci in the Yfiler Plus® Amplification Kit Differentiate the Members of a Large Family?
There are some forensic cases where Y STRs are the only useful evidence. For example, if a female victim scratches her male attacker as she struggles with him, she may pick ...