A guide to forensic DNA profiling
By: edited by Allan Jamieson, Scott Bader
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781118751527
Subjects: DNA fingerprinting
Description: "The increasingly arcane world of DNA profiling demands that those needing to understand at least some of it must find a source of reliable and understandable information.  Combining material from the successful Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science with newly commissioned and updated material, the Editors have used their own extensive experience in criminal casework across the world to compile an informative guide that will provide knowledge and thought-provoking articles of interest to anyone involved or interested in the use of DNA in the forensic context. Following extensive introductory chapters covering forensic DNA profiling and forensic genetics, this comprehensive volume presents a substantial breadth of material covering:    Fundamental material  - including sources of DNA, validation, and accreditation   Analysis and interpretation - including, extraction, quantification, amplification and  interpretation of electropherograms (epgs)   Evaluation - including mixtures, low template, and transfer   Applications - databases, paternity and kinship, mitochondrial-DNA, wildlife DNA, single-nucleotide polymorphism, phenotyping and familial searching   Court  - report writing, discovery, cross examination, and current controversies    With contributions from leading experts across the whole gamut of forensic science, this volume is intended to be authoritative but not authoritarian, informative but comprehensible, and comprehensive but concise.  It will prove to be a valuable addition, and useful resource, for  scientists, lawyers,  teachers, criminologists, and judges"--

"The increasingly arcane world of DNA profiling demands that those needing to understand at least some of it must find a source of reliable and understandable information. Combining material from the successful Encyclopedia of Forensic Science with newly commissioned and updated material, the Editors have used their own extensive experience in criminal casework across the world to compile an informative guide that will provide knowledge and thought-provoking articles of interest to anyone involved or interested in the use of DNA in the forensic context. Following extensive introductory chapters covering forensic DNA profiling and forensic genetics, this comprehensive volume presents a substantial breadth of material covering: - Fundamental material -- including sources of DNA, validation, and accreditation - Analysis and interpretation -- including, extraction, quantification, amplification and interpretation of electropherograms (epgs) - Evaluation -- including mixtures, low template, and transfer - Applications -- databases, paternity and kinship, mitochondrial-DNA, wildlife DNA, single-nucleotide polymorphism, phenotyping and familial searching - Court - report writing, discovery, cross examination, and current controversies"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.