A study of post-mortem degradation of teeth to advance forensic DNA analysis as a tool for human identification

................................................................................................................................ iv Declaration ............................................................................................................................. v Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................... vi Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Scope of thesis ........................................................................................................... 14 1.2 References .................................................................................................................. 16 Chapter 2: Teeth as a source of DNA for forensic identification of human remains: A review ................................................................................................................................... 21 Chapter 3: Dentine and cementum as sources of nuclear DNA for use in human identification ........................................................................................................................ 31 Chapter 4: Targeted sampling of cementum for recovery of nuclear DNA from human teeth and the impact of common decontamination measures .............................................. 41 Chapter 5: Differential DNA preservation in post-mortem teeth and the implications for forensic and ancient DNA studies ....................................................................................... 50 Abstract ............................................................................................................................ 51