Forensic DNA Typing: Principles, Applications and Advancements

✍ Scribed by Pankaj Shrivastava, Hirak Ranjan Dash, Jose A. Lorente, Jahangir Imam

• Publisher: Springer Singapore;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 673
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book explores the fundamental principles, advances in forensic techniques, and its application on forensic DNA analysis. The book is divided into three modules; the first module provides the historical prospect of forensic DNA typing and introduces fundamentals of forensic DNA typing, methodology, and technical advancements, application of STRs, and DNA databases for forensic DNA profile analysis.

Module 2 examines the problems and challenges encountered in extracting DNA and generating DNA profiles. It provides information on the methods and the best practices for DNA isolation from forensic biological samples and human remains like ancient DNA, DNA typing of skeletal remains and disaster victim identification, the importance of DNA typing in human trafficking, and various problems associated with capillary electrophoresis.

Module 3 emphasizes various technologies that are based on SNPs, STRs namely Y-STR, X-STR, mitochondrial DNA profiling in forensic science. Module 4 explores the application of non-human forensic DNA typing of domestic animals, wildlife forensics, plant DNA fingerprinting, and microbial forensics.

The last module discusses new areas and alternative methods in forensic DNA typing, including Next-Generation Sequencing, and its utility in forensic science, oral microbes, and forensic DNA phenotyping.

Given its scope, the book is a useful resource in the field of DNA fingerprinting for scientists, forensic experts, and students at the postgraduate level.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Forensic DNA Typing: Inception, Methodology, and Technical Advancements (Kamayani Vajpayee, D. C. Sagar, Hirak Ranjan Dash)....Pages 3-26
STR Typing and Available Multiplex Kits Including Validation Methods (Anna Barbaro)....Pages 27-43
Sequential Advancements of DNA Profiling: An Overview of Complete Arena (Kriti Nigam, Ankit Srivastava, Subhasish Sahoo, I. P. Dubey, I. P. Tripathi, Pankaj Shrivastava)....Pages 45-68
Forensic DNA Evidence: From Crime Scene to Conviction (Ashish Badiye, Neeti Kapoor, Pankaj Shrivastava)....Pages 69-86
RNA- and DNA-Based Identification of Body Fluids (Arjun Rao, Manisha Rana, Ashish Pradhan, Moumita Sinha)....Pages 87-104
Statistical Softwares Used in Evaluation of Forensic DNA Typing (R. K. Kumawat, Aditi Mishra, Pankaj Shrivastava)....Pages 105-134
Front Matter ....Pages 135-135
Ancient DNA Analysis and Its Relevance in Forensic DNA Fingerprinting (Mian Sahib Zar, M. Aslamkhan)....Pages 137-151
Analyses of Second World War Skeletal Remains Using a Forensic Approach (Irena Zupanič Pajnič)....Pages 153-179
Molecular Tools for Analysis of Archaeological and Prehistoric Human Bones: A Perspective of Anthropological and Forensic Relevance (Muktikanta Panda, Awdhesh Narayan Sharma, Pankaj Shrivastava, Hirak Ranjan Dash)....Pages 181-204
Usefulness of Mini-STRs in Analyzing Degraded DNA Samples and Their Forensic Relevance (Mukesh Thakar, Bhawana Joshi, Pankaj Shrivastava)....Pages 205-222
Capillary Electrophoresis Issues in Forensic DNA Typing (Shuchi Kaushik, Vivek Sahajpal)....Pages 223-238
Human Trafficking and DNA Analysis (María Saiz, Maria Jesus Alvarez-Cubero, Begona Lorente-Remon, Luis Javier Martínez-Gonzalez, Jose A. Lorente)....Pages 239-254
Front Matter ....Pages 255-255
Autosomal STR Typing and Case Studies (Pankaj Shrivastava, Shivani Dixit, Varsha Srivastava, Hirak Ranjan Dash, R. K. Kumawat)....Pages 257-275
Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats Typing (Rashed Alghafri)....Pages 277-300
X-STRs: Potentials and Applications (Sonia Kakkar, R. K. Kumawat, Pankaj Shrivastava)....Pages 301-327
Applications of Mitochondrial DNA in Forensic Science (Moumita Sinha, Manisha Rana, Pushpesh Kushwaha)....Pages 329-343
SNP in Forensic DNA Testing (Rohit Saluja, Pankaj Shrivastava, Swapnil Sinha)....Pages 345-363
SNP Testing in Forensic Science (Moumita Sinha, I. Arjun Rao)....Pages 365-376
Front Matter ....Pages 377-377
DNA Analysis of Domestic Animals (Kamlesh Kaitholia, Pushpesh Kushwaha, Manisha Rana, Ila Gautam, Ankit Srivastava)....Pages 379-397
DNA Forensics in Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade: Present, Past, and Future Perspectives (Gul Jabin, Vivek Sahajpal, Kailash Chandra, Mukesh Thakur)....Pages 399-403
The Utility of DNA Barcoding Technology in the Authentication of Medicinal Plants in Illegal Trade: A Critical Review (Mukesh Kumar Thakar, Tina Sharma)....Pages 405-429
DNA Barcoding in Forensic Mycology: Concepts, Limitations, and Future Prospects (Spriha Sharma, Jaskirandeep Kaur Jossan, Rajinder Singh)....Pages 431-448
Front Matter ....Pages 449-449
Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing in Forensic Field (María Saiz, Luis Javier Martínez-Gonzalez, Jose Antonio Lorente, Maria Jesus Alvarez-Cubero)....Pages 451-471
Utility and Possibility of Next-Generation Sequencing in Forensic DNA Typing (Vijay Nema)....Pages 473-496
Oral Microbes: A Hidden Yet Powerful Evidence for Futuristic Forensic Investigation (Bhargav C. Patel, Mayuri Ganguly Soni)....Pages 497-517
MALDITOF the Fourth Generation Techniques Still at Its Infancy to Identify Forensically Important Insects (Vandana Vinayak, Anshuman Rai)....Pages 519-545
Forensic DNA Phenotyping (Dolly Mahna, Meenu Dutt, Sanjeev Puri, Tanzeer Kaur, Shweta Sharma)....Pages 547-559
Rapid DNA Typing (Pankaj Shrivastava, Aditi Mishra, Anand Kumar, Sumit K. Chaudhary, Sonia Kakkar, R. K. Kumawat)....Pages 561-570
Front Matter ....Pages 571-571
Guidelines for Collection and Preservation of Samples for Forensic DNA Testing (Pankaj Shrivastava, Shivani Dixit, Hirak Ranjan Dash)....Pages 573-583
Quality Control in Forensic DNA Typing (Ashish Badiye, Neeti Kapoor, Prachi Kathane, Ritesh K. Shukla)....Pages 585-605
Legal Aspects of Forensic DNA Typing (Ankit Srivastava, Abhimanyu Harshey, Pankaj Shrivastava)....Pages 607-628
DNA Databases (Anna Barbaro)....Pages 629-638
Building of the World’s Largest DNA Database: The China Case (Ausma Bernotaite)....Pages 639-658
DNA Databases: Risks, Benefits, Privacy, and Human Rights (Sachil Kumar)....Pages 659-678
Back Matter ....Pages 679-685

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Forensic Science; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Agriculture; Genetics and Genomics