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Assessing sequence variation and genetic diversity of currently untapped Y-STR loci

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Optimization of Microhaplotypes for Advanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution

15PNIJ-22-GG-04393-DNAX

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$607,799

Just Science Podcast: Just Identifying Individuals with Forensic Genetic Genealogy

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Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

What's Possible with Rapid DNA Technology?

August 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

NIJ scientist Tracey Johnson joins science writer Sarah Michaud in this episode. They discuss Rapid DNA technology, and Tracey explains the complexities of this technology – its pitfalls and its possibilities.

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A predictive model for vertebrate bone identification from collagen using proteomic mass spectrometry

Journal

Scientific Reports

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Population genetic data of 74 microhaplotypes in four major US population groups

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Promega PowerSeq (TM) Auto/Y systems prototype on an admixed sample of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Population data, sensitivity, stutter and mixture studies

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles - Draft Final Report, January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Genetic Diversity of the North African Population Revealed by the Typing of SNPs in the DRD2/ANKK1 Genomic Region

Journal

Gene

Date Published

April 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The application of the skin virome for human identification

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Date Published

2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Introducing the Forensic Research/Reference on Genetics Knowledge Base FROG-kb

Journal

Investigative Genetics

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Researchers Identify Several Genetic Loci Linked to Human Facial Shape, Study Finds

Journal

Journal of the American Dental Association

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Ecological Genetics

Journal

Carrion Ecology Evolution and Their Applications

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Intersection of the Genetic Architectures of Orofacial Clefts and Normal Facial Variation

Journal

Frontiers in Genetics

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face

Journal

Nature Genetics

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fluctuating Asymmetry and Sexual Dimorphism in Human Facial Morphology: A Multi-Variate Study

Journal

Symmetry

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fast estimation of multivariate spatiotemporal Hawkes processes and network reconstruction

Journal

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

3D facial phenotyping by biometric sibling matching used in contemporary genomic methodologies

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project

DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$475,000

The impact of correlations between pigmentation phenotypes and underlying genotypes on genetic prediction of pigmentation traits

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research Paper

Are low LRs reliable?

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research Paper

Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing

15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2021

$484,798

MMDIT: A tool for the deconvolution and interpretation of mitochondrial DNA mixtures

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

November 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Impact of the sequencing method on the detection and interpretation of mitochondrial DNA length heteroplasmy

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored