efficacy of dna typing as an accurate method in forensic medicine

Forensic DNA Typing: Quo Vadis?

Since Alec Jeffreys coined the term “individual-specific genetic fingerprints” in 1985, DNA typing has become indispensable in forensic analysis, having as its central rationale the evidential power of the “match” between trace evidence and suspect. Established technological advances in this field include the adoption of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to generate DNA profiles from minute b...

The utility of DNA typing in forensic work.

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Subpopulation heterogeneity and statistical unreliability in forensic DNA typing

Human tandem repeat sequences in forensic DNA typing.

It has been 20 years since the first development of DNA fingerprinting and the start of forensic DNA typing. Ever since, human tandem repeat DNA sequences have been the main targets for forensic DNA analysis. These repeat sequences are classified into minisatellites (or VNTRs) and microsatellites (or STRs). In this brief review, we discuss the historical and current forensic applications of suc...

DNA typing for identification of some species of Calliphoridae. An interest in forensic entomology.

To determine precisely post mortem interval, larvae and puparium species found on a corpse have to be identified. Among more than 200 cases examined at the entomology department of the Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale, two-thirds concerned corpses less than one month old. Therefore, insects from first and second screwworms are the most frequently found [1]. Some spec...

an investigation into elt teachers’ sense of self-efficacy in teaching reading comprehension and their personality types

as far as bandura’s (1977) conceptualization of the sense of self-efficacy is concerned, it is argued to be context- and even task-specific, compared to other concepts like self-esteem (brown, 2000); therefore, upon the previous research studies, related theories and definitions, and the ideas and views obtained from the interviews conducted with the scholars, the current research study aimed a...