Second GHEP-ISFG exercise for DVI: “DNA-led” victims’ identification in a simulated air crash

Recent advances in forensic biology and forensic DNA typing: INTERPOL review 2019–2022

“…A simulated airplane crash enabled six forensic laboratories in Switzerland to gain valuable DVI experience with kinship cases of varying complexity [ 600 ]. The ISFG Spanish-Portuguese Speaking Working Group likewise conducted a DVI collaborative exercise with a simulated airplane crash to explore fragment re-associations, victim identification through kinship analysis, coping with related victims, handling mutations or insufficient number of family references, working in a Bayesian framework, and the correct use of DVI software [ 601 ]. Other groups have explored the capability of a particular software tool [ 602 ] or implemented rapid DNA analysis to accelerate victim identification [ 603 ].…”

Developmental Validation of the Novel Five-Dye-Labeled Multiplex Autosomal STR Panel and Its Forensic Efficiency Evaluation

“…Short tandem repeats (STRs), also known as microsatellites, are repeat sequences of 2–6 bp nucleotides and common genetic variants in the human genome ( Edwards et al, 1992 ). STRs are also viewed as gold-standard genetic markers for forensic identity testing and parentage analysis owing to their high diversities and wide distributions in the human genome ( Cheng et al, 2021 ; Vullo et al, 2021 ; Yang et al, 2021 ; Zhang et al, 2021 ). In 1998, Budowle et al (1998 ) proposed a combined DNA index system (CODIS) that included 13 core STRs.…”