DNA Electrophoresis Protocols for Forensic Genetics

Part I: Current Protocols on Capillary Electrophoresis of Amplified DNA Fragments 1. An Overview of DNA Typing Methods for Human Identification: Past, Present, and FutureRobyn Thompson, Silvia Zoppis, and Bruce McCord 2. Capillary Electrophoresis and 5-channel LIF Detection of a 26plex Autosomal STR Assay for Human IdentificationCarolyn R. Hill. 3. Capillary Electrophoresis of Mini-STR Markers to Genotype Highly Degraded DNA SamplesMichael Coble 4. Interpretation Guidelines of a Standard Y-chromosome STR 17-plex PCR-CE Assay for Crime CaseworkLutz Roewer and Maria Geppert 5. Capillary Electrophoresis of an X-Chromosome STR Decaplex for Kinship Deficiency CasesLeonor Gusmão, Cíntia Alves, Iva Gomes, and Paula Sanchéz-Diz 6. A 48-plex autosomal SNP GenPlex Assay for Human Individualization and Relationship TestingCarmen Tomas, Claus Børsting, and Niels Morling. 7. Typing of 49 Autosomal SNPs by Single Base Extention and Capillary Electrophoresis for Forensic Genetic TestingClaus Børsting, Carmen Tomas, and Niels Morling 8. A 34-plex Autosomal SNP Single Base Extension Assay for Ancestry InvestigationsChristopher Phillips, Manuel Fondevila, and Maviki Lareu 9. SNaPshot® Minisequencing Analysis of Multiple Ancestry-informative Y-SNPs Using Capillary ElectrophoresisMaria Geppert and Lutz Roewer 10. Capillary Electrophoresis of 38 Non-coding Biallelic Mini-Indels for Degraded Samples and as Complementary Tool in Paternity TestingRui Pereira and Leonor Gusmão 11. Capillary Electrophoresis of an 11-plex mtDNA Coding Region SNP Single Base Extension Assay for Discrimination of the most Common Caucasian HV1/HV2 MitotypePeter M. Vallone 12. Capillary Electrophoresis of a Multiplex Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction to Target Messenger RNA Markers for Body Fluid IdentificationCordula Haas, Erin Hanson, and Jack Ballantyne 13. DNA Extraction from Aged Skeletal Samples for STR Typing by Capillary ElectrophoresisRene Huel, Sylvain Amory, Ana Bilic, Stojko Vidovic, Edin Jasaragić, and Thomas Parsons 14. Interpretation Guidelines for Multilocus STR Forensic Profiles from Low Template DNA SamplesZoran M. Budimlija and Theresa Caragine 15. Interpretation Guidelines of Mixed STR Multilocus Electrophoretic Profiles Juan Antonio Luque 16. Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis of a 9-plex STR Assay for Canine Genotyping Barbara van Asch and Antonio Amorim 17. Capillary Electrophoresis of DNA from Cannabis sativa for Correlation of Samples to Geographic OriginHeather Miller Coyle 18. Capillary Electrophoresis of Multigene Barcoding Chloroplast Markers for Species Identification of Botanical Trace EvidenceGianmarco Ferri, Beatrice Corradini, and Milena Alu Part II: Capillary electrophoresis and DNA Sequencing 19. Capillary Electrophoresis of Big-Dye Terminator Sequencing Reactions for Human mtDNA Control Region Haplotyping in the Identification of Human RemainsMarta Montesino & Lourdes Prieto 20. Capillary Electrophoresis of Human mtDNA Control Region Sequences from Highly Degraded Samples using Short mtDNA Amplicons Odile Loreille and Jodi A. Irwin 21. INTERPRETATION GUIDELINES OF MTDNA CONTROL REGION SEQUENCE ELECTROPHEROGRAMS IN FORENSIC GENETICSManuel Crespillo 22. Capillary Electrophoresis of mtDNA Cytochrome b Gene Sequences for Animal Species IdentificationAdrian Linacre <