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Autosomal and Y-STR genetic database from a population of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and the postwar period Ana María López-ParraSara Palomo-DíezEduardo Arroyo-Pardo Short Communication 25 January 2025
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Nanoparticle-assisted PCR: fundamentals, mechanisms, and forensic implications Kamayani VajpayeeVidhi PaidaRitesh K. Shukla Review 22 January 2025
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Comparison of background characteristics and neuropathology findings between medico-legal autopsy cases with traumatic axonal injury, vascular axonal injury, or absence of axonal injury in β-amyloid precursor protein stain Gaia NarayanPetteri Oura Short Communication Open access 21 January 2025
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Left ventricular rigor mortis interferes with postmortem aortic root geometry Jan Michael FederspielKaren B. AbelnPeter H. Schmidt Original Article Open access 21 January 2025
Spinal cord injury in abusive and accidental head injury in children, a neuropathological investigation Michela ColombariClaire TroakesSafa Al-Sarraj Original Article Open access 20 January 2025
Effects of cold exposure in a confined environment: an original case of suicide by freezing Adeline BlanchotThibault WillaumeCatherine Cannet Case Report 17 January 2025
The medico-legal interpretation of diatom findings for the diagnosis of fatal drowning: a systematic review Alexander TyrPhilippe LunettaNina Heldring Review Open access 14 January 2025
First year of in-house forensic neuropathology consultations in Helsinki, Finland Petteri OuraHilla MäkinenAntti J. Hakkarainen Original Article Open access 13 January 2025
Systematic optimisation of crude buccal swab lysate protocols for use with the ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit Donna-Lee Pamela MartinLaura Jane Heathfield Original Article Open access 13 January 2025
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Genetic characterization of paternal lineages by Y-STR in three sample populations in Northeastern Brazil Silvana Magna Cavalcante do MonteBruno SampaioValdir de Queiroz Balbino Original Article 08 January 2025
A machine learning approach for estimating Eastern Asian origins from massive screening of Y chromosomal short tandem repeats polymorphisms Haeun YouSoong Deok LeeSohee Cho Original Article Open access 08 January 2025
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"Shedding the status"—a meta-analysis on the individual propensity to shed skin material in the context of forensic trace analysis D. KochA. GoschC. Courts Review 08 January 2025
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A rapid identification system for vaginal fluid stains based on nested recombinant polymerase amplification and lateral flow dipstick Bin LiangChudong WangLagabaiyila Zha Short Communication 11 December 2024
Complex kinship testing using the MGIEasy Pa-SNPs genotyping kit Qingzhen ZhangTingting DongShengqi Wang Original Article 11 December 2024
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Fatal fall from a height: is it possible to apply artificial intelligence techniques for height estimation? Alberto BlandinoAnna Maria ZanaboniMichelangelo Bruno Casali Original Article 07 December 2024
Correction to: Analysis of the sequencing quality of next-generation sequencing for the entire mitochondrial genome in decomposed human samples Seung Eun LeeGa Eun KimMoon-Young Kim Correction 06 December 2024
A methylation panel of 10 CpGs for accurate age inference via stepwise conditional epigenome-wide association study Yu QianQianqian PengFan Liu Original Article 05 December 2024
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Estimation of population affinity using cranial measurements acquired in multidetector computed tomography images of Japanese and Malay individuals Suguru TorimitsuAkari NakazawaDaniel Franklin Original Article Open access 04 December 2024
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Analysis of the sequencing quality of next-generation sequencing for the entire mitochondrial genome in decomposed human samples Seung Eun LeeGa Eun KimMoon-Young Kim Original Article 28 November 2024
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