DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: recommendations on forensic analysis using Y-chromosome STRs

Gill, P.; Brenner, C.; Brinkmann, B.; Budowle, B.; Carracedo, A.; Jobling, M.A.; de Knijff, P.; Kayser, M.; Krawczak, M.; Mayr, W.R.; Morling, N.; Olaisen, B.; Pascali, V.; Prinz, M.; Roewer, L.; Schneider, P.M.; Sajantila, A.; Tyler-Smith, C.

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Volume 124, Issue 1 , Pages 5-10, 15 December 2001

DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: recommendations on forensic analysis using Y-chromosome STRs

P. Gill
- Forensic Science Service, Trident Court, 2960 Solihull Parkway, Birmingham, UK
- Corresponding author.
C. Brenner
- Department of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
B. Brinkmann
- Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, 48129 Munster, Germany
B. Budowle
- FBI, Quantico, VA, USA
A. Carracedo
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M.A. Jobling
- Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
P. de Knijff
- Forensic Laboratory for DNA Research, MGC-Department of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
M. Kayser
- Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
M. Krawczak
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
W.R. Mayr
- University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/E04I, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
N. Morling
- Department of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
B. Olaisen
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
V. Pascali
- Istituto di Medicina Legale, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Rome, Italy
M. Prinz
- Department of Forensic Biology, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 520 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
L. Roewer
- Institute of Legal Medicine, Humboldt University Berlin, Hannoversche Str. 6, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
P.M. Schneider
- Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Mainz, Am Pulverturm 3, D 55131 Mainz, Germany
A. Sajantila
- Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 40, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
C. Tyler-Smith
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK

Received 21 April 2001; accepted 23 April 2001.

Abstract

During the past few years, the DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics has published a series of documents providing guidelines and recommendations concerning the application of DNA polymorphisms to the problems of human identification. This latest report addresses a relatively new area — namely, Y-chromosome polymorphisms, with particular emphasis on short tandem repeats (STRs). This report addresses nomenclature, use of allelic ladders, population genetics and reporting methods.

Keywords: Y-chromosome, STR, DNA Commission, ISFG